Chapter Five
A selected series of text messages over four months
To: Naomi Nachman
From: Jason Greenblatt
Cooking on tour is wild. It’s…unbelievable. Fun, but like completely dependent on personalities and where you can get ingredients. I’d do it again if it was for him. Which doesn’t a career make.
You should have a package soon.
To: Jason Greenblatt
From: Naomi Nachman
(photo of Naomi wearing a T-shirt with the words ‘Camp Streit’ in stylized letters)
I LOVE THIS. It’s perfect. Where to next?
To: Naomi Nachman
From: Jason Greenblatt
Sam. He’s a nice guy. I liked cooking on a movie set. Now we’re going to television.
To: Jason Greenblatt
From: Naomi Nachman
Interesting. Bigger? Smaller?
To: Naomi Nachman
From: Jason Greenblatt
Fewer options, fewer requirements in terms of meals. Still along my style of food. I like working with him.
To: Jason Greenblatt
From: Naomi Nachman
Are you finding things you love doing?
To Naomi Nachman
From: Jason Greenblatt
I am. Stop fishing. You know I’m coming back. If nothing else, New York is the best base for me.
To: Jason Greenblatt
From: Naomi Nachman
Not fishing. Genuinely asking. I’d hope you’d tell me if you weren’t coming back before I had to fish for information.
To: Naomi Nachman
From: Jason Greenblatt
I’d ask you to go with me before I told you I wasn’t coming back.
To: Jason Greenblatt
From: Naomi Nachman
I’ll hold you to it.
To: Naomi Nachman
From: Jason Greenblatt
Very interesting. Also:
(attachment: photo of white man wearing white T-shirt with letters on it that say, ‘shadow squad: chef’ and a green baseball cap with a square meant to be a knish on the front)
To: Jason Greenblatt
From: Naomi Nachman
More of this please…soon?
Draft text from Naomi Nachman to Jason Greenblatt:
Maybe less too…