Carla Lalli
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Carla Lalli’s Post-Divorce Recipe for Finding Comfort in Tomatoes Original
In her intimate, story-driven cookbook Food Is a Feeling, chef and author Carla Lalli frames cooking and eating as self-care, specifically after the end of her 24-year marriage. In this essay and recipe, Lalli explores the textural and emotional significance of ripe tomatoes. My ex didn't like tomatoes, especially raw ones. It's the gooey guts, he said.
What Carla Lalli Can’t Cook Without
If you’re like us, you’ve probably wondered what everyday stuff famous people add to their carts — like mascara or a sleep mask. In this iteration of our “Celebrity Shopping” column, we’re asking food-obsessed folks what they can’t cook without. Here, Carla Lalli — chef, writer, and author of the just-released Food Is a Feeling, her third cookbook — tells us about her favorite items. New! You can now save this product for later. I think these are the best frozen ramen noodles you can get.
3 Perfect Cocktails for When Deep Breathing Just Won’t Cut It
5 min read Jump to: A Less-Lethal Martini My Completely Perfect Mezcal Margarita G&T, Baby One thing about going through a separation in the summer—you get so thirsty! And not for water. Or nudes (that came later). My taster was up for items with a high ABV: sake, gin, tequila, mezcal. It wasn’t my healthiest habit, but it happened. When I worked in restaurants, I learned that loud dining rooms fuel the desire for salty, fatty things.
To Be Taken Seriously As a Line Cook, I Had to Shed My Femininity
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images/Lucia Bell-Epstein/Clarkson Potter After decades of cooking, developing recipes, and writing about food, chef Carla Lalli has learned her appetite is best met when she eats her feelings.
The Upsides to Downsizing Dinner
There are two types of people. The ones who say Congratulations! when you tell them you’re getting divorced, and the ones who grab your arm and gasp, That’s so sad! Sure, at the beginning, it was odd to cook for three, or two, or one, and not our nuclear family of four. I wouldn’t say it was sad, though. It was weird. It was unfamiliar. It was quieter.
First, End Your Marriage. Then, Cook Rice.
The first night I spent in the sublet apartment, separate from my children, separated from my husband and home of 24 years, I cooked and my sister came over. My sister, Nina, had to wear me down to have her over, so reluctant was I to be the reason she had to leave her small children and drag ass to this stranger’s apartment. I’m fine, I’ll be fine, I like being alone, you don’t have to come. Nina persisted.
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