‘If you ain’t got love, you’ve just got chicken wings’: how food helped three chefs start again after prison
More than 600,000 people are released from prisons every year in the US and face an array of barriers to re-entry. For many, food has been a refuge
Write this down: Put together ramen noodles, cheesy crackers and squeeze cheese - that's your dough. Mix barbecue sauce and salsa to layer on a marinara. Break your shaving mirror in half to create an edge just sharp enough to slice a cheddar block.
Now, the tricky part. Make a funnel out of a toilet paper roll and light the inside. Stick a pencil in either end of a summer sausage like you would for a barbecue. Twist the pencils on the edge of the toilet, over the flame, making sure the smoke goes down the funnel, inside the toilet. Chop up the now-cooked sausage, and you've got Michael Carter's jailhouse pizza.
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