Good Old Days
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Good Old Days

Food as time travel, ingredient by ingredient

Traditional recipes and the rituals that carry them. The cast iron pot, the wooden board, the handwriting on the recipe card. Techniques that predate photography by several generations, photographed with the patience they deserve.

20 images
Hands rolling pasta dough on a flour-dusted wooden board 1 / 20
A cast iron pot on an open flame, the contents just beginning to simmer 2 / 20
Freshly baked loaves cooling on a rack, crust cracked and golden 3 / 20
Preserving jars lined up on a shelf, each labelled by hand 4 / 20
Mortar and pestle mid-grind, spice dust rising 5 / 20
An elder's hands braiding dough, the motion instinctive and unhurried 6 / 20
Vegetable garden at harvest, produce still in the ground 7 / 20
Kitchen interior with copper pots hanging on a stone wall 8 / 20
Fresh egg pasta draped over a wooden dowel to dry 9 / 20
Aged vinegar in a glass bottle, the sediment settled at the base 10 / 20
A slow-cooked ragù at rest, the surface beginning to settle 11 / 20
Root vegetables scrubbed and ready, earth still visible in the creases 12 / 20
Close detail of a ceramic dish with a traditional pattern, food in it 13 / 20
Farmer's market stall of heritage tomatoes, varieties side by side 14 / 20
A family table set for a midday meal, no one seated yet 15 / 20
Olives being pressed, the first oil running off the stone wheel 16 / 20
Dried chillies hanging in a bunch from a kitchen beam 17 / 20
Hand-rolled gnocchi arranged on a tray, each ridge distinct 18 / 20
An old recipe card propped against a kitchen window, handwriting faded 19 / 20
Final image: an empty table after the meal, the used cloth still warm 20 / 20
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