Spice Closet

A childhood of food

Christiana White
Nov 2 · 12 min read
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Where other people have a spice cabinet, or grew up in a house with a spice cabinet, or a spice drawer, or a spice shelf, or at least some salt and pepper on the counter, I grew up in a house with a spice closet.

I grew up in what I now realize was a veritable mansion, and in the little anteroom off the kitchen, at the top of the back stairs, was a yellow-painted door with a white…

Christiana White

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I write personal essays about food, travel, love, loss — the viscera of life. Currently at work on a memoir. Visit me at ChristianaWhite.com.

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