Spice Closet
A childhood of food
Nov 2 · 12 min read

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…


