The Legendary Egg Spoon of Alice Waters and Fanny Singer, Easter Edition - Remodelista
The upcoming Easter holiday has us thinking of culinary icon Alice Waters’s way with the humble egg. Photography by Daniel Dent for Remodelista. “The egg spoon was hand-wrought by Sicilian master blacksmith Angelo Garro of Renaissance Forge in San Francisco,” Fanny told us. Fanny, who recently cofounded home accessories and women’s clothing line Permanent Collection with Mariah Nielson, cradles the famous egg spoon. A wood fired brick oven in the open kitchen dining room of Alice Waters s Berkeley home To cook the egg explains... ...Fanny her mother makes an oven of logs over a small bed of coals so heat envelops the spoon on all sides An aromatic smudge stick is stored inside the hearth. Says Alice of the source of the technique I saw it in a book about the magic of fire with illustrations on cooking in the fireplace around the world There... ...was a spoon and an egg in the spoon and I said Oh how beautiful I can cook an egg in a spoon So my friend Angelo made it for me In addition to fireplace tools Angelo Garro makes furniture doors sculptures and more Alice and Fanny share a... ...deep appreciation for the irregularity of handmade goods and their exceptional quality that becomes obvious over decades of use Alice’s illustrious egg spoon hangs beside the fireplace. Logs, burning and tented, are ready for the egg spoon. The importance of the ritual—and its star ingredient—is undisguised in the household. Matches and natural-fiber fans for stoking the fire. Alice’s slate-topped dining table is from The Gardener in Berkeley. “She was policing the quantity of logs I was putting on it just this morning,” said Fanny. Fanny Singer in her mother’s kitchen, wearing a Permanent Collection Sturtevant linen jacket. Alice Waters’s Berkeley kitchen.