Grub Street Diet: Jacolby Satterwhite

"Ate sardines and crackers. I went to Saraghina Bakery for these really nice sardines. I can’t remember the brand. I usually don’t have to look at what I need. I just know it. A sardine and the cracker not only has all the proteins and all the nutrients that give me energy and muscle — and I can look good — but it also reminds me of my grandmother."

"I got the salmon salad from this bodega nearby called Secret Garden Juice Bar & Tea House on Halsey and Lewis. I love them. It’s like a fancier bodega where they have nice food. They just have the best salmon salad that they make up with olives, chickpeas, carrots, corn, sautéed mushrooms, beets, Parmesan cheese, and sweet peppers. Oil and vinegar. I put a lot of green stuff in it and also cashews and capers."

"I hung out with my friends in Chelsea and went to see a group exhibition I was in at Hauser & Wirth, curated by Nicole Eisenman, Sam Roeck, and A.L. Steiner. It was a screening of queer films on a two-hour loop. We missed my film twice and took snack breaks and a lunch break in between — but in time to catch it."

"Then we went to Lyles & King in Chinatown to see a pigment print on metal I created."

"Following that, we ate at Dimes, and I had the steamed mussels. They were in the bowl of soup with lettuce and kale and all this other stuff, and it was just really delicious. I love Dimes. They have the absolute best food. I feel like whoever’s cooking there is crazy, but they’re really good. I don’t go that often, but it’s a really cool place."

"I don’t eat burritos normally — that’s when the depression is kicking in. I ordered from Tepache. Their burritos are really good, and they deliver really fast."

"I needed to heal from the day before by intermittent fasting. After restoring myself, I decided to contradict everything and get takeout from Chun Vegetarian — the food there tastes just like the real thing, and it’s just delicious — before I met up with my friends to go to Frankie Sharp’s club, the Q."

"Frankie is a good friend of mine. I’m so proud of him. Every time I go in there, I get to go to the VIP section and it’s fun. Frankie and I go back, so it’s so exciting to see him create the club Q, because it’s a great New York moment. And I think it’s like all the people who came up in nightlife now have great positions there. I’ve gone there a few times, and it keeps getting better and better."

"Chicken and waffles from Brooklyn Waffle House on Hancock. I ate a bunch of comfort food and did a ton of CGI and painting in the evening. I also had shrimp and grits. Pancakes and waffles and sardines and grits — there’s certain things. And soul food reminds me of my upbringing in the South: chicken livers and candied yams and corn bread and collard greens and anything related to Black food in the South really gives it the aroma of just cooked soup bringing a sense of home."