I work for a community college as a student recruiter. Lately my days have been spent driving down winding rural roads out to the far ends of our district giving presentations to students and parents while trying to hawk my goods: education. If I were a salesperson, this product would be the easiest sell, but…
Category: Main Course
Roasted Veggie Pizza
Home! After a whirlwind of a finale in Mexico, I find myself now scrubbed to an impressive clean and pampered by the comforts of home in Wisconsin. A bittersweet departure from work at the hostel in Guanajuato pointed my feet down towards Oaxaca for Day of the Dead and a month and a half working…
Mexican Pesto and Chia Bruschetta
There are few dishes that I’ve really missed while living in Mexico. The food here is diverse, fresh, and always surprising (quite contrary to the blasphemous Mexican food typically found in the States). But sometimes a girl needs her old favorites. For one, I’d give my left arm for a fat pita stuffed with crispy…
Cilantro Almond Chilaquiles
Chilaquiles (“chee-lah-keel-aiys”) are a classic Mexican hangover dish. My buddy Juan Carlos first raved about them years back and described them as “tortilla chips in really good sauce”. They didn’t really sound all that special at the time, but hey, good tortilla chips and sauce is never disappointing, right? Well, I’m now well versed in chilaquiles, and…
Creamy Fava Bean and Eggplant Pasta for a Crowd
This dish comes with a bit of a back story, which hopefully you will find amusing or at least commiserate with me. There was a moment a few weeks ago in which I found myself totally and completely paralyzed, shaking ever-so-gently in fear in the corner of my friend David’s house. Dave is one of…
The Wild Bohr 