As a millennial born within the late 1980s, I’ve watched Barbie undergo many life cycles: she’s had over 200 profession paths, raised her numerous siblings, and constructed an unimaginable group in her fictional, plastic model of Malibu. On this time, there have been temporary forays into cooking, primarily in her iterations as Pasta Barbie, Baking Chef Barbie, and Ice Cream Store Barbie.

As we usher Barbie into her new, flat-footed period of self-discovery, I’ve been pondering quite a bit about how and what Barbie would eat throughout this chapter of her life. As a fellow home-owning, city-dwelling millennial lady (I haven’t found out learn how to float via my dwelling but, however I’m engaged on it), the opportunity of having unfettered entry to a dream kitchen feels daunting—however thrilling. I do acknowledge that none of those interpretations are critical or absolute. Consider them as easy daydreams and musings of pink home grandeur.

First, let’s set up what parts of the Barbie cannon I’m utilizing to information my pondering:

1. I’m basing all of those conclusions off of Margot Robbie as Barbie: In Greta Gerwig’s Barbie-verse, she’s unbiased, home-owning, and actually floating via life.

2. She lives in Malibu, Calif., which implies plenty of sunshine, heat, and recent coastal meals.

3. As proven within the “Barbie” trailer, there’s zero water in Barbie’s home. Worrying about soiled dishes is simply not an element, however that additionally means we’re not making any pastas or steam-based dishes. It’s magic, or she’s tremendous eco-friendly.

4. Barbie is extremely social. As such, I’d prefer to imagine she’s very community-minded and would help her native CSA, know her city’s baker, and be mates with native meals producers.

5. In Barbie’s world, meals is extra of a “play” merchandise, so she’s cooking for the ‘gram, as they are saying.

6. Ken just isn’t serving to; he’s on his personal self-discovery journey.

So what do you make when your excellent plastic world begins to disintegrate, however you’re nonetheless Barbie?

Naturally, we’ve to kick issues off with a pink cake. From Kristen Miglore’s beloved Genius column, this Raspberry Cake from Shilpa Uskokovic hits all of the high-level Barbie notes: it’s pink, it’s fluffy, it’s candy. Don’t sleep on Kristen’s model, which incorporates delightfully jiggly, rainbow jellies.

Barbie is a busy gal. It is a truth. One thing like a make-ahead, marinated bean sitch is the precise factor that might magically seem in Barbie’s fridge each time she needed it. Plus, beans are consolation meals, and the fluttering, pink radicchio leaves pull the entire dish collectively.

After consulting with different members of our Check Kitchen, we reached the consensus that Barbie is probably going a pescetarian (or perhaps even a flexitarian), since she does stay on the coast and possibly tries to eat regionally. Nonetheless, since she’s nice at actually the whole lot—together with internet hosting events—she would completely all the time have a charcuterie board able to go for her meat-eating visitors. That is one other merchandise that might completely present up premade in her fridge, magically.

Lastly, a vibrant, creamy beet ice cream. It is completely pink. No notes.

Complete fried fish is a beautiful, dinner party-friendly instance of large-format cooking. Sea bass—prompt for this recipe—is prevalent in Southern California and has a superbly flaky texture. The recent papaya salad beneath offers all of the lightness Barbie wants in her life.

Panzanella is a crowd-pleaser. Barbie is thought for her events and likes to entertain. She additionally is aware of that if you’re making an attempt to carry your sh*t collectively, a good ol’ bread salad is often the reply to all woes—or at the very least a distraction from all of the ennui.

Ennui, meet spoonable cheese. One other fridge staple for when your toes fall flat and also you abruptly can’t levitate safely out of your individual dwelling.

Final, however not least, a salad dressing for when Barbie needs just a little additional oomph. As a result of in Barbie’s world, salads are by no means boring.

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