Ellice Lueders Migrating birds navigate across oceans and continents using atoms called radical pairs that guide them like a compass. These atoms lose or gain electrons in unison, then the earth’s magnetic field thrusts them, spinning, changing directions, into a waltz that is over in one-millionth of a second. Proteins and chemicals in birds’ eyes perceive this dance, and it leads them home.
People are also reading… “Nostalgia for Poland is what made me make Good Pierogi. Out west, there’s no good Polish food. I miss the food. I miss my friends,” Krem said. Krem is sober now, but the University of Arizona still was an instigating force in bringing them to Tucson. They met their partner, Anna, on Martha’s Vineyard two summers ago, where Krem fled on a whim after a devastating breakup in LA. Anna was working on their masters in fine arts from the UA, and graduated last spring into a job at The Land With No Name Sanctuary. For a while, Krem would come to Tucson to rest and visit Anna. Now they live here, together.
Krem’s identity is central to the project: when Krem feeds you, you’re consuming a part of who they are, what they create. “Besides liking to cook, that’s one reason I wanted to work in a restaurant — they’re everywhere,” Krem said. “I wanted to get a little money to explore the place and live my life. It’s not a surprise to me that my business just moves around. I subconsciously built it this way.”