WHAT'S THE STORY?

Steve Cooper of Spirit Animal says it best in the pages that follow: "One of the things food and music have in common is their ability to give you a sense of place, to recall a location or a period in time." When you bring the two together – as we do at sweetgreen and our annual sweetlife festival – the emotional connection to that experience is unparalleled.

And so, we proudly introduce the sweetlife 2014 cookbook, featuring recipes and music pairings straight from the mouths of this year’s performers, chefs, and members of the sweetgreen family. (Spoiler alert: avocado toast and David Bowie make quite the twosome.)

We hope you'll flip through, gather your friends, fire up the grill and turn up your speakers.

And, most importantly – keep living the sweetlife.

THE PERFORMERScreations by #sweetlife2014 artists

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Fitz And The Tantrums

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Spirit Animal

SOUR RIBS

I RACK BABY RIBS

1 CUP BEEF BROTH

2 CUPS RED WINE

2 PINCHES SMOKED PAPRIKA

5 DRIED APRICOTS, DICED

2 INCH-PIECE GINGER, PEELED + MINCED

2 CUPS SOUR CHERRY PRESERVES, FROM A JAR

WITH WHOLE CHERRIES (NOT CHOPPED BITS)

1 HEAPING TBSP POMEGRANATE MOLASSES

2 TBSP SUMAC

1 TBSP CHILI POWDER

SALT + PEPPER TO TASTE

1. Preheat oven to 225 °F

2. Rinse and dry ribs, then sprinkle with salt + pepper to taste

3. Pour beef broth + wine into large pan with rack and add paprika + ribs (meat side up)

4. Cover entire pan with tinfoil, place in oven, and bake for 3 hours

5. Combine apricots, ginger, cherry preserves, pomegranate molasses, sumac + chili powder

in large pot and cook on low heat for 45 minutes, then set aside

6. Remove ribs from oven and let rest for 30 minutes

7. Pour 3/4 cup of sauce in pan and broil in oven for 15-20 minutes until sticky

8. Brush ribs with sauce, then place in oven for 5 minutes

9. Add more sauce to the ribs and return to oven for additional 5 minutes until blackened

10. Remove and serve with a hearty side

Yields 3-4 servings.

RECIPE BY STEVE COOPERSPIRIT ANIMAL

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Clifford John Usher and Lindsay Pitts

posing backstage at #sweetlife2014

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4 PIECES OF YOUR

FAVORITE BREAD

1 PERFECTLY RIPE AVOCADO

SALT + PEPPER TO TASTE

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THREE LITTLE BIRDSBOB MARLEY

I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODYWHITNEY HOUSTON

THAT’S WHERE IT’S ATSAM COOKE

COOKING UP SOMETHING GOODMAC DEMARCO

GET IN THE GROOVETHE HEPTONES

I WANT A LITTLE SUGAR IN MY BOWLNINA SIMONE

I GET AROUND2PAC

ROLLING IN THE DEEPADELE

TINY DANCERELTON JOHN

THE FOXY BROWN SOUNDTRACKWILLIE HUTCH

FARE THEE WELL, MISS CAROUSELTOWNES VAN ZANDT

SHE DRIVES ME CRAZYFINE YOUNG CANNIBALS

BIRTH IN REVERSEST. VINCENT

SOUND AND VISIONDAVID BOWIE

STATIC ON THE WIREHOLY GHOST

BLUE JEANSLANA DEL REY