This is the first of a new Monday morning feature that will highlight drinking strategies, explore wellness, and share insights into how to offset the harmful effects of imbibing. And, this being Monday mornings, we'll be talking about hangover cures. Also: food, an important and too-often overlooked component of drinking well. We're debuting with a guest spot from Stuart Krimko who co-hosted a verdita party with Embury recently. Here's Stuart with his notes on the sandwich that made all the difference:
"Preparing for a party
must include an attempt at self-sustenance. You’ve got to keep
yourself going, and you’ve got to give yourself a solid
foundation for the inevitable one-too-many that can happen when the
party’s in your own home.
And while it’s
tempting to run to the store and take something out, it inevitably
feels better to whip up something yourself. You’re preparing
for a party after all, preparing to play the host––why
not take a moment and play good host to the most important guest?
What’s more, on the day before a party you 
probably have lots
of ingredients lying around: tidbits that will make up h’ors
d’oeuvres, garnishes for cocktails, that kind of thing.
Perhaps not enough to put together something elaborate, but, combined
with whatever else has been sitting in the refrigerator, enough for a
compelling snack.
Such
was the case as
Jason and I chased our tails around my kitchen table before our
successful
Verdita/Birthday Bash. The cilantro and cheddar cheese
I’d bought to compliment my milk-braised pork and fish tacos
cried out for eggs, and the eggs reminded me, when I pulled them out
of the cold, that I’d been keeping a loaf of bread in the
freezer.
It was the middle of
the afternoon and we were hungry. It was time for a sandwich.
