16 GROUNDCOVER NEWS FOOD Almond and jam scones LINDSAY CALKA Publisher Ingredients: 2 cups flour 3 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 5 tsp butter, cold 1 cup heavy cream 2/3 cup almond paste Fruit jam, any flavor Directions: Preheat the oven to 400°F. Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, salt together in a medium sized bowl. Cut cold butter into 1/4 inch cubes. Pinch butter cubes with your fingers into the bowl of dry ingredients. When no butter pieces are larger than a pea, mix in heavy cream and incorporate fully into the loose dough. Rest dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes as you roll out the almond paste. Divide almond paste in two. Roll out one half to a 4×10" rectangle and WORKING from page 12 them constantly, reminding them, “This is going to be read one day.” I told them from the beginning that at the end of this, we’re going to sit down and go through whatever I end up writing, and you’re going to tell me if you’re comfortable with this. And we did that at the end, and there were a lot of tears. It was heart-wrenching. I became convinced that it is just as cut length-wise into two equal pieces. Repeat with second portion of almond paste. Roll out the scone dough on a floured surface to about a 4×10" rectangle. Place a square of paste on the scone dough, flush with the bottom edge. Spread a thin layer of jam over the almond. Fold the dough over the almond and jam. Roll dough out to a 4×10" rectangle again and repeat with the remaining three squares of almond paste and jam. Cut dough into triangle shapes — they don't have to be perfect. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Let cool and enjoy with tea or coffee! dehumanizing to people to present them as these angelic, flawless creatures who can do no wrong, who are just getting up in the morning and going to work, and they have grit. Like, it can be just as dehumanizing to do that as it is to pathologize people and blame them. It felt really important to show people in the fullness of who they are, stepping back and saying, here’s the larger system or whatever force that is giving this person the choice in front of them to begin with. These are systemic problems. You write a lot about gentrification and housing affordability. How do we create a system where people like Celeste can rent an apartment again? There are all kinds of immediate solutions, such as keeping people in the homes they already have. Policy, you know, what’s sometimes called ‘just cause’ eviction laws, that say you JANUARY 23, 2026 can’t lose your apartment just because your landlord decided that it’s the perfect time to sell. And then, of course, getting people into homes that they don’t yet have; building new, truly affordable housing that is safe and dignified and permanently affordable. But the foundation upon which any real way of tackling this crisis has to be built is to understand in our society, in the richest nation on the planet, how the hell has this happened? How have we allowed this essential thing that people need, like food, like medicine, just to be auctioned off to the highest bidder? We have millions and millions of people in this country who are extremely low-income, who are part of the labor force, and who are at imminent risk of homelessness. And we’ve flung all those people into what a case manager in the book refers to as the housing Hunger Games. Housing has become this thing that is so unattainable for so many and where so much money is being made, and people don't even have a home to go back to at the end of the night with their kids, and that is the shock that I’m hoping this book will initiate. Courtesy of Street Sense Media / INSP.ngo $5 OFF NATURAL FOODS MARKET 216 N. FOURTH AVENUE ANN ARBOR, MI PHONE (734) 994 - 9174 • PEOPLESFOOD.COOP ANY PURCHASE OF $30 OR MORE One coupon per transaction. Must present coupon at the time of purchase. Coupon good for in-store only. No other discounts or coop cards apply. Not valid for gift cards, case purchases, beer or wine. OFFER EXPIRES 11/13/2025 02/19/26
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