Through the alchemy of friendship and a car, bagels became cured salmon, a bottle of whiskey, a box of matzoh, a batch of warm cookies. It felt like a treasure hunt to drive to our friends’ houses, wave to them from windows or across the sidewalk, see their smiles and their clothes (or bathrobes), and through our snaking path, trace the connections that make up Brooklyn to us. I’ve begun to harbor dreams of setting up a more-official unofficial food exchange. I picture us all in the future, free of COVID-19 but also free of consumerist needs, drinking each other’s moonshine with homemade kimchi and cheese, growing mushrooms in our bathrooms and tomatoes on our fire escapes, dropping out, opting out of the disastrous economy.
How to Turn a Bagel Into a Fish
How to Turn a Bagel Into a Fish
How to Turn a Bagel Into a Fish
Through the alchemy of friendship and a car, bagels became cured salmon, a bottle of whiskey, a box of matzoh, a batch of warm cookies. It felt like a treasure hunt to drive to our friends’ houses, wave to them from windows or across the sidewalk, see their smiles and their clothes (or bathrobes), and through our snaking path, trace the connections that make up Brooklyn to us. I’ve begun to harbor dreams of setting up a more-official unofficial food exchange. I picture us all in the future, free of COVID-19 but also free of consumerist needs, drinking each other’s moonshine with homemade kimchi and cheese, growing mushrooms in our bathrooms and tomatoes on our fire escapes, dropping out, opting out of the disastrous economy.