“Tenemos que quedar un día para comer una paella.” “We have to stay all day to eat a paella.” A paella isn’t made fast and it shouldn’t be eaten fast. A paella is all about enjoyment. I mean just look at it! Paella was my introduction into Spanish food and the best paella I’ve ever…
“You ought to have seen what I saw on my way To the village, through Mortenson’s pasture to-day: Blueberries as big as the end of your thumb, Real sky-blue, and heavy, and ready to drum In the cavernous pail of the first one to come! And all ripe together, not some of them green And…
“Judías manchegas, muchas gordas y buenas.” The beans of Spain are very fat and very good. That’s all you need to know. Don’t pass the chance to bite into the creamy, buttery goodness they offer. Unfortunately, I didn’t have any on hand but these imported Italian butter beans, fagioli bianchi di spagna, were a good substitute. Find…
“New thoughts and hopes were whirling through my mind, and all the colors of my life were changing.” ~ Charles Dickens, David Copperfield It is deep November and the season has drawn me inward. The shortened days and long nights have slowed down the natural activity of my body and my mind has awaken to latent…
“This was after stew. But then, so is everything. When the first man crawled out of the slime and went to make his home on land, what he had for dinner that night was stew.” ~ William Goldman, The Princess Bride I don’t believe I’ve ever order stew in a restaurant. Stew is for home,…
Let the stoics say what they please, we do not eat for the good of living, but because the meat is savory and the appetite is keen. ~ Ralph Waldo Emmerson Carnitas is one of those meals that arouses the appetites of everyone who walks through the doors. It’s succulent and versatile. It can be…
“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning ‘Good morning’ at total strangers.” ~ Maya Angelou I’ve been thinking a lot about the little things here lately. Maybe it’s because the big things seem far…
“You can’t reduce passion and flair and eating ham to numbers, sir!” ~ Gideon Defoe Indeed! There is just something about a beautiful baked ham to ignite passion! There it sits so full of itself, refusing garnishes and attempts to civilize it. No, the ham beckons without shame for you to give up your respectability and good…
Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. ~ Langston Hughes This post was suppose to be ready for the 4th of July, but time spent with friends and family overruled the plans…
“There are only four questions of value in life… What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: only love.” ~ Don Juan DeMarco Why do thousands each year pack a backpack, put on their walking shoes…
“We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.” ~ Voltaire That’s exactly how I’ve been feeling for the last couple of months waiting for repairmen to come. Today, I felt the frustration beginning to build when the tile repairman cancelled on me the very moment he was suppose to be at the…
