Maria’s Mother’s Pizza We’re in Maria’s mother’s kitchen. Maria’s mother is kneeling on the tile floor. Before her she has spread out a cloth, and on the cloth she has a plastic bucket, a bag of white flour and a bag of semssmolina flour, dry yeast, a bottle of olive oil, salt, and water. Maria’s [...]
I’m making black-bean soup with rice. Taught to me by a Mexican immigrant in Denver, Colorado. Like his mother used to make. I started at 11:00 in the morning; we usually eat around 2:00 in the afternoon. It’ll be very ready by then. I chopped up into small pieces: 1 medium sweet onion 2-inch piece [...]
This article in The Guardian is an amusing take on pizza; be sure to browse the comments below it, which are even more wierd (amusing).
Sour Cereal Recipe 1/2 cup millet 8-9 cups water Wash the millet, add to a 4-qt pot with the water. Turn on the heat. Ginger – about 1-inch piece, chopped finely (cuisinart works). ½ medium-sized onion – chopped fine (cuisineart) Add ginger and onion to the pot. 3 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp salt 1 [...]
Many people (okay, a few) have asked me how I make my wine blend, Castello d’Avis. Since reading the column in The Atlantic about the quality of box wines (reviewer liked the Franzia cabernet sauvignon), I thought I should post my own blend. The idea behind this blend came from our liking of a Californa [...]