Crêpes are a great cold weather dish. In Arcata, where a damp chill is the norm, they were a standard at the Brotman table. Impromptu dessert? Fast easy dinner? My father was at the stove, flipping away and turning out a buttery delivery of crispy-edged delights. I know it’s hardly a groundbreaking topic, but having […]
Jada Calypso Brotman
Jada Brotman grew up in Arcata before moving to the U.K. and then New York City, where she cut a wide swath in the world of cheese. Insert joke here. She returned to the home of her fathers four years ago, and now works as a journalist and seasons her crepe pans in downtown Arcata.
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On the Cheap
While I’ve found that cheese-mongering is full of life’s rich delights, sadly it is not making me rich — not with the rent I’m paying. In my new state of horrifying, dizzying penury, I have been investigating all the possible dishes one can make with canned food, and on the cheap. That might mean a […]
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DIY Cheese
It’s hot. Really, really hot, in a way that you lucky Humboldters may be lucky enough to only recall as a theoretical concept. I am sitting on my bed, huddled like a junkie over and under a precariously stacked slalom of fans whirring away in dissonant hums, waiting for the timer to ding its happy […]
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Cabbagey Delights
So what I want to know is, in terms of food writing at large, what’s this burning obsession with restaurants? I mean, obviously we all like food — have you been to Florida? Those people are huge! My problem with most food writing I’m finding online is it seems so heavily weighted on the side […]