When Tom was 7 or 8 years old, his family lived in Westbrook Park, a Veteran's row house community outside of Philadelphia. For breakfast and lunch on Saturday (and sometimes Sunday, too), his parents made Trenton Cracker stew. Take Trenton Crackers, cover them with water and boil them until they start falling apart (1/2 hour or more). Then drain off the water and replace it with milk, butter, salt and pepper. Sometimes they ate it with scrapple. It's a common food memory for Tom as it was a ritual in his childhood home. Tom was reading David Baldacci's The Collectors when I shot this picture, and had just flipped a page which is why you can see his eyes. He doesn't like to be in the spotlight, so I took his picture just as he was.
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