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: Uncategorized
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…
Chipotle Black Bean Salsa & Baked Tortilla Chips for Michael
Back in high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, my little brother Michael and I would race home to the kitchen impatient and ravenous for sustenance. For me, I needed to calm the storm of angst and hormones feverishly brewing inside. For Michael, to refuel the enormous man-boy body he possessed by age 14. We got…
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…
Raspberry-Blackberry Jam with Chia
Admittedly it’s not the season, but I had a craving for some berry jam the other day. Regular Mexican grocery stores are packed with overly-processed, way-too-sweet, and almost gelatinous jams and jellies. There are some wonderful homemade types, but you really have to seek them out. So to satiate my desire, I threw together an…
The Wild Bohr 