'Always Home' author Fanny Singer worries more about running out of garlic than toilet paper.
When the pandemic hit, Singer was forced to cancel her “Always Home” book tour and has been sheltering at her mother’s home in Berkeley. “Like everyone,” she says, “we’ve been cooking every single meal, day in and day out.” She talked about making veggie stock from scraps, being careful not to waste food, and the importance of keeping 15 to 20 heads of garlic on hand at all times. “I tend to be more paranoid about running out of garlic than toilet paper.
A school lunch photo featured in the L.A. Times virtual book club with Fanny Singer and Alice Waters.Singer’s memoir chronicles a childhood of fine food in the orbit of her mother’s Chez Panisse restaurant and the stories behind the gourmet middle school lunches her mother began making during her ’ divorce. Singer recalls her packed lunches went from basic peanut butter and banana to “completely bonkers” feasts.
Singer: “My Bombay Kitchen” by Niloufer Ichaporia King; “A Platter of Figs” by David Tanis; “The Violet Bakery Cookbook” by Claire Ptak; “The Zuni Cafe Cookbook” by Judy Rodgers; and “Salt Fat Acid Heat” by Samin Nosrat.Waters: “Lulu’s Provencal Table” by Richard Olney with Lulu Peyraud; “French Country Cooking” by Elizabeth David; “The Cuisines of Mexico” by Diana Kennedy; “Mediterranean Grains and Greens” by Paula Wolfert; and “The Taste of Country Cooking” by Edna Lewis.
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