In Issue #47 Sept/Oct 2022

The Museum of Broken Relationships

It was the first time I went to a museum where people read more than looked. At the Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia, random items with stories about broken relationships are assembled for the public to assess and consider. The items were nothing to look at - a bag of Cheetos, an old pair of Nikes, dried rose bouquets, and an old door with writing on it. The plaque next to a box of microwave popcorn read, “she was a regional buyer for a grocer and that meant I got to try some great samples. I miss her, her dog, and the samples and can’t stand to have this fancy popcorn in my house.”

The stories were sad, encouraging, and sometimes tragic. But what does this have to do with food? 

I have always said that Edible is a food magazine about people—and their relationship with food, traditions, celebrations, and culture.

This is the cooking issue, yes, and you will hopefully learn something, but at its core these stories are about people and their relationships with food. Memo Murillo of Memo’s Mexican Kitchen shares his family’s dishes each day at his Mt Juliet restaurant and especially on the Day of the Dead. Kris McCorkle Of Black Diamond Culinary teaches how to make pasta, which is near and dear to her heart and her past in France. Earlier this year, we offered a series of Cooking Classes with Chef Skylar Bush, who also shares the recipes for dishes from his upbringing in Alabama in this issue (as featured on the cover). 

With fall moving in, it’s the perfect time to head into the kitchen and get cooking. We hope you enjoy the recipes in these pages and that they bring you joy - and who knows – maybe even soothe a broken relationship. Don’t forget to tag us in what you make @ediblenashtn. We love to see what you’re cooking up. 

As always, keep it local -- Jill