The Perfect Toast Is Topped With Carrot al Pastor
For the millennial looking to save for that mortgage, simply swap out the avocado for some ‘al pastor’ style carrot
Blame it on the boomers for giving toast a bad wrap. The simple breakfast staple has become unfairly linked to frivolousness; an automatic sign of millennial decadence and people who stand on their chairs to take eagle eye photos of pancakes and lattes. Yet despite toasts ubiquitousness in young coffee shops and fast casual breakfast joints, fancy toast often translates to just a handful of things: avocado toast, obviously and without fail, sometimes with a pierced poached egg or a Sqirl-style knockoff with bright colored, chunky jam painted on dusty sourdough bread in thick brushstrokes.
And it’s just not right.
Toast is one of those magical foods that should be its own group on the pyramid — like the equally versatile corn tortilla or day old rice ripe for a stir fry, what you throw on top of it isn’t bound by any rules. It simply is the medium of which to shovel other delicious flavors onto your tongue. Its versatility is also wrapped tightly by nostalgia because it is a one size fits all foods that can be eaten at any time for any occasion, and thus, connects us to a warmer place in our minds. I will never turn it…
