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Welcome to the latest edition of Food52 Founder Amanda Hesser\u2019s weekly newsletter, Hey There, It\u2019s Amanda<\/strong>, packed with food, travel, and shopping tips, Food52 doings, and other matters that catch her eye. Get inspired\u2014sign up here<\/a> for her emails.<\/em><\/p>\n

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We\u2019re in full-on holiday mode.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, C\u00e9sar posted brand new recipes as part of his Old School Puerto Rican Holiday Feast<\/a>, including Pasteles de Yuca<\/a>, Pernil<\/a> (a roasted pork shoulder that the entire team was happy to taste-test more than once), and Arroz con Gandules<\/a> (rice with pigeon peas!).<\/p>\n

Today, we\u2019re launching Big Little Holiday Parties<\/a>, an editorial package about how to throw an impressive holiday party with minimal effort. Not everything at the holidays has to be exhausting! Relax and enjoy. Every recipe has 5 ingredients or fewer, and we also asked partygoers and party throwers for their best low-lift hosting advice.<\/p>\n

And, if you haven\u2019t seen our Gift Guides, here they are<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over the past few weeks, I\u2019ve been amassing snippets. Things I\u2019ve learned. Things that inspire me. Things that caught my eye. Here we go!<\/p>\n

While picking up beer at Transmitter Brewing<\/a>, I asked about their Excelsior Table Beer. Rob Kolb, the co-owner, said it was a \u201cgrisette,\u201d which I\u2019d never heard of. \u201cSaisons were made for farmhands, it was part of their pay,\u201d Rob said, \u201cand grisettes were brewed for coal miners.\u201d Now, he said, grisettes\u2014gently tart, low-alcohol brews\u2014are referred to as table beer.<\/p>\n

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I finally met Jim Rosenfield, the man behind the Brentwood<\/a>, Montecito<\/a>, and Marin Country Marts<\/a>. He\u2019s been a longtime business inspiration: 20 years ago, he had a dream of creating small, tightly curated shopping and food villages. Retail was on the wane. The trends were against him. But he understood that people craved community and a thoughtfully-edited shopping experience. Now, his Marts are where great brands want to be.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a Birkenstock store<\/a> at the Marin Country Mart, a fitting homage to the brand\u2019s roots. While Birkenstocks were developed in Germany in the 19th century, they didn\u2019t make their debut in America until 1966, when Margot Fraser<\/a> began importing them to Marin. If she hadn\u2019t gone to a German spa to address her back and foot issues, and become smitten with the shoes they had her wear, we might have been stuck with flip-flops forever!<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re in San Francisco, I recommend trying Waymo<\/a>, the driverless taxi. It\u2019s like entering a space capsule that transports you to the future. The internal audio greets you and walks you through the experience. The cars, Jaguars, are spiffy and have great interior lighting. I assumed the car would drive timidly, but it doesn\u2019t. It feels like a confident hand is at the wheel. And it was less expensive to get home from The Morris<\/a> (get the smoked duck!) than it was to go there in an Uber!<\/p>\n

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AvroKO, the hospitality design firm, opened Host on Howard<\/a>, a lighting, hospitality furnishings, and retail space. At the launch party, I learned that in this short life, you might just consider this wowser ice cream trolley<\/a>. It\u2019s about $20k, so if it comes down to this or a car, I\u2019m pro trolley.<\/p>\n

I finally took an in-person yoga class with Rodney Yee<\/a> after years of doing classes at home via, um\u2026DVD. He talked a lot about life and purpose during the class and at one point he said: \u201cSmell and taste anchor humanity.\u201d Maybe true. Maybe not. But it\u2019s stuck with me.<\/p>\n

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A few noteworthy vintage finds.<\/p>\n

A Jens Quistgaard-designed Dansk carving board that gathers the juices in an elegant trough on one side of the board.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t see much Drabware in this maximalist moment.<\/p>\n

I think etched glass is ripe for a comeback. These Collins glasses were heavy and had deep, deep etchings that were so pleasing to feel in your palm when you held the glasses.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a big fan of ruffled, colorful pie plates. I like these heavy duty, almost goth, ones.<\/p>\n

This week, I\u2019m in Portland, Oregon, for a Schoolhouse<\/a> photo shoot, and my main side goal is to get into JinJu Patisserie<\/a> once and for all. I once trekked there on a Wednesday to find it closed! Who\u2019s closed on Wednesday?! I\u2019ll report back. In the meantime, here\u2019s its IG feed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Warmly,<\/p>\n

Amanda<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n