Then and Now
That was then I called it the cafe breakfast lunch all day I called it work everyday consistently My full time job of running, operating, and managing a busy local restaurant. This is now Tables are gone the dining room is quiet but not empty There is so much time To be thoughtful in what we create to feed our community in their own homes to manage myself to enjoy cooking I call it the bakery Before Covid life was busy, we ran a cafe that operated 6 days a week, serving breakfast all day. We also managed 18 employees, 4 children and each other. That. Is. A. Lot. I believe in my life that I was meant to share food with people, to encourage the kind of communication that happens at the dinner table. To spend thoughtful time with friends and loved ones and that the best way for people to become friends was to eat together. I was meant to break bread at the tables of my friends and community members. For years, the best way to do this was to invite the community arou...