“The stove, the gas, the vegetables, the meat, the pots, and tools, clean water… I have a lot of expenses in my business.” Not to mention the considerable time and energy that la Doña Ana Victoria expends making a batch of her delicious tamales. Though she has many costs, Ana makes a fairly s[...]
Posts Tagged ‘cooking’
May 2nd, 2011 - 1:10 pm § in Day in the Life, Guatemala
The Importance of Food for the Soul
One of the hardest things about living in another country is always the food. As silly as it may sound, and as delicious as the food is in whatever country you’re living, there’s always something that’s missing. Sometimes there are close replacements – sometimes for the better (Coke with rea[...]
Tags: cooking, food, living abroad 4 Comments
April 8th, 2010 - 6:09 pm § in Belize, Culture, Day in the Life, Good Ideas, Tips & Resources, Volunteer
Cooking in the Jungle: Meals Without an Oven or Refrigerator
Beans, beans the magical fruit, the more you eat the…less money you have to spend. Before coming to Belize, my cooking repertoire included peanut-butter and banana sandwiches, burritos, and a mean tostada. In a particularly gutsy endeavor to make hard-boiled eggs last summer, my roommate and I[...]
