Tomás Rivera
Valencia

Tomás Rivera

Cooks every day and ferments everything. Makes the Sunday soup.

  1. noteTomatoes, the last of them
    1 min
  2. What fermenting taught me about patience

    The first jar went grey, the second exploded, the third was the best thing I ate all year.

    budding 4 min
  3. noteSalt, by weight
    1 min
  4. noteMidsummer bread
    1 min
  5. The Sunday soup

    Nine years of Sundays, one pot, no recipe. The method that feeds our family every week.

    evergreen 3 min
  6. noteWild garlic
    1 min
  7. noteSoup weather
    1 min
  8. A winter of bread

    Sixteen Saturdays, sixteen loaves. From a flat disc the birds refused to the best bread I have made.

    budding Members 4 min
  9. Cooking by the market, one season at a time

    One bag, one stall, every Saturday. Cooking from what is there taught me the year better than any calendar.

    budding 3 min
  10. Reading aloud at the kitchen table

    Twenty minutes after dinner, every evening, for nine years. The habit that started as a bedtime story.

    evergreen 3 min
  11. Bringing an old cast-iron pan back to life

    Three euros at a flea market, red with rust. Six hours later, the best pan in my kitchen.

    evergreen Members 3 min

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