Month: February 2021

Food, Music

The 614ortyPlatter – Free Music!…and a little Samin

Along with music, Samin Nosrat was a constantcompanion while working from home during 2020 For those of you who have followed along since I have posted my playlists, the amount of music I was listening to while working from home proved to be the inspiration for these food-meets-music explorations. Like many, I definitely miss live music and concerts; frankly, if it\’s been hard for the … Continue reading The 614ortyPlatter – Free Music!…and a little Samin

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Food, Music

The 614ortyPlatter – Kitchen Island Discs (Laura Lee, Ajumama)

Tower Records, one of my favorite haunts as a teenager(Photo from The Outline.com) I’m finding as I’ve continued this playlist theme, I’m learning a lot of history along the way.  Take this week’s playlist, which was based on a concept I first encountered as a teen but I found has a much older origin story. As a teen, the local Tower Records, which was founded … Continue reading The 614ortyPlatter – Kitchen Island Discs (Laura Lee, Ajumama)

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Culture, Food, Music, Travels

The 614ortyPlatter – Laissez Le Bon Temps Rouler

Even the local supermarkets like Kroger have gotten intothe Fat Tuesday groove of late… Fat Tuesday (or, depending on where you are in the world, Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, or Carnival/Carnaval) has become essentially a day of excess pleasures for the public at large.  Historically, it marks the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Lenten period for a number of religions, including … Continue reading The 614ortyPlatter – Laissez Le Bon Temps Rouler

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Food, Music

The 614ortyPlatter – Rhythm Kitchen 1811

The sign outside Columbus’s Ace of Cups, one of the manyvenues/bars which has eked by during the pandemic I must say, these food-meets-music playlist have all played off the various food themes from last week’s chocolate to holidays to “dumpster fire” foods to local neighborhoods have been very fun for me, and in many ways it’s the perfect intersection of two things that have been … Continue reading The 614ortyPlatter – Rhythm Kitchen 1811

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