In the most obvious and literal sense, food has its own journey. From the far-flung to the farm-to-table, each raw ingredient comes with its own story of how it made its way to your plate. Then there are the chefs, of course. Those who have endured years of training, tutelage, and good ol’ trial and error to get where they are today. Even the simple act of reading this issue will take you from the streets of Birmingham to the sidewalks of Chicago - all in the turn of a page, no less. Quite the ride. Quite the read. Quite the feast. Quite the fable.
Regardless of our disparate tastes, food is still by turns the great communicator, the common denominator, and the grand unifier. It is also, as you may have guessed by now, the running theme for the latest issue of Essential Journal.
You gonna eat that?
Will HALBERT.
