#jen shoop

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

A legato list

From Jen Shoop —

I came across a great quote from Mahmoud Darwish this week: “Coffee should not be drunk in a hurry. It is the sister of time, and should be sipped slowly, slowly.”

I love the idea of things that suggest their own mode of appreciation — things that should be done legato vs staccato.

What would you add to this list?

[thevisualvamp]

Glamour

[cavatas]

"Good butter served at room temperature / Maldon sea salt in a small dish / Tough, tattoo-ed, secretly-sweet butchers that nod knowingly when you bring them your husband's recherche meat request / Ramps — if it's on a menu, I trust the kitchen / Handwritten menus / Any time a server tells me: "Excellent order" / The evocative names on heirloom-variety seed packets: "Grandma Hadley's lettuce;" "Jimmy Nardello peppers" / The butcher's blocky Sharpie handwriting on the brown paper parcel containing our lamb chops / A French market basket laden with the day's provisions: baguette, fromage, fruits de mer / The term fruits de mer / My husband's potager garden, and the way he ministers to it year-round / Candlelight and table linens / The sizzle of butter in a well-seasoned skillet, and the maillard that results / The bald love that goes into preparing a meal

— Jen Shoop, Things I find Randomly Chic: Food Edition

[missmarleysworld]

Whimsy is pleasure at its finest grind

- Jen Shoop