*Upstate* Plugs — Trinity Mouzon Wofford
New York food, drink, and leisure recs from the entrepreneur and author + LINKS
Plugs is The Angel’s recs column. On most Saturdays, you’ll get six picks—a restaurant, a bar, a shop, an ingredient, a person, and a treat—from someone in New York who knows what they’re talking about, plus a selection of Angel-curated links. Plugs are for paid subscribers of The Angel only; upgrade your subscription to receive all six!
#10 is Trinity Mouzon Wofford, the founder of superfood brand Golde and the author of Eating at Home, a beautiful debut cookbook released this past week (think The Gjelina Cookbook meets The Moosewood Cookbook). While Golde is known for its ceremonial-grade matcha and turmeric latte blends, Trinity’s cooking style is centered around care, presence, and ritual. When I received the galley for her book (written alongside Rebecca Firkser), I was immediately taken by its elegantly crunchy aesthetic and enticingly wholesome dishes like steaming miso nabe and puffy sourdough pancakes, but most of all, how it puts forward a philosophy around cooking as a simple, enriching creative practice. Trinity lived in Brooklyn for many years, but now lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and two daughters. Here she is with the first-ever (but certainly not the last) upstate edition of Plugs.
Restaurant — Lucoli Pizza
Lucoli Pizza in Red Hook is not much of a “dining in” kind of place — but they make some of the best pizza I’ve had, ever. The owner is an Italian man who is consistently waxing on about the importance of how to make a good pizza every single time my husband goes in there to pick up our pies. Bring a few back to the house where you’re staying and pair with a bottle of wine.
