I was getting ready to make bread one day and found myself getting lost in the gorgeous pistachio nuts sitting in front of me. The thoughts that were going through my mind at that time: pistachios, bread, and peace, an odd assortment of thoughts for sure. Do any of us have control over what pops into our heads? Sometimes. Sometimes not. Pistachios; green like nature, exotic and delicious. Bread; one of the oldest foods and the staff of life. Peace; the goal of mankind since the beginning. With those disjointed images and thoughts swirling about in my head, something felt right about creating a meaningful dish that I could symbolically extend […]