It's A Jiffy Double Feature

A very special issue

I understand if The Jiffy isn’t for everybody.

It’s not quite “mainstream” media, but I also hope that it’s not “lamestream” media. What I can only aim to achieve is some level of “Jamestream” media — and sometimes the only way I know how to do this is to offer up a SURPRISE DOUBLE FEATURE, like we have today!

It’s a Susan Simon Super Special, because we have two posts and a podcast episode to share that feature Susan, a James-Beard award-winning cookbook author and artist.

• Feature 1: A "Table of Content" Susan

• Feature 2: A "This Old Vibe" Susan

Feature 1: A “Table of Content” Susan

In my most recent “Table of Content” video, I cooked something from Susan’s newest cookbook, “The Cook and the Rabbi.”

We made a delicious cochin biriyani topped with an apricot-butter-maple-glazed roasted chicken. It’s a mix of recipes that you can find on pages 39, 149, and 198 of “The Cook and the Rabbi,” but you can also find them in a special “Downloadable Dinner” section at the bottom of this issue! (It’s for readers who subscribe at the “J’Fay Supreme” level, so if you’d like to subscribe, you can upgrade here.)

Susan shared so many great cooking tips and secrets with me in preparation for this dinner; unfortunately, I didn’t hear any of them, because I was too distracted by her home’s decoration and furniture.

Susan’s home in Hudson is just so fun and eclectic that I thought it could be a wise house of wisdom to include in my journey “This Old Vibe” as I try and understand what makes a Hudson Valley home a “Hudson Valley home.”

Feature 2: A “This Old Vibe” Susan

In our podcast episode — as well as the Instagram post below — Susan guides us on a tour of her house, and we hear about how she’s selected the art that hangs on her walls, how she fills her pantry, and how she plans a dinner party. We also see some true vintage graffiti that, Susan believes, has remained on her basement walls since 1929.

Here are some more photos, because they’re fun to look at and enjoy:

Subscribers to The Jiffy at the J’Fay Supreme level are about to enjoy three downloadable recipe cards, featuring Susan’s recipes for the dinner we made in the “Table of Content” video: Apricot-maple-butter-glaze roasted chicken on a bed of fragrant cochin biriyani!

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