“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 ‘food’
Quito, Kiva, and the Delicious Results of Cross-Cultural Connectivity
Saturday afternoon I found myself bending over the kitchen table, squeezing shredded carrots into spring rolls... I have never made spring rolls from scratch before, and certainly was not expecting to when I moved to Ecuador. But let me tell you- these homemade Ecuadorian-Chinese spring rolls blow N[...]
May 29th, 2011 - 6:53 am § in Mexico
The Fun of Budget Eating
Everyone knows that traveling is very different to studying…but who would have thought that the studying would be so intense?!? Well, actually we knew it would be grueling at times and I guess one of the trickiest transitions has actually not been getting up at 7 a.m., then scuba diving for two ho[...]
Greed in Guatemala
Almost two weeks in, and Guatemala has been showing its true culinary colours. Our first day was blissfully easy thanks to a fellow couch-surfer putting us up for the night. Adapting to the temperature has been a doddle too; Guatemala city, Antigua, and Lago de Atitlan are all high altitude, so for [...]
April 3rd, 2011 - 6:12 am § in Mexico, Uncategorized
Eating My Way to Mexico
About seven years ago, at the tender age of 18, I wandered into a second-hand book shop in Cardiff, South Wales and, after looking at children’s books and paint-sets, I came across a ‘bargain-basement’ hardback book. It was called ‘Sue Lawrence’s Book of Baking’[...]
December 6th, 2010 - 11:38 am § in Around Town, Chile
Weekday Veg
My Chilean roommate is a raw vegan chef. RAW vegan. It sounds so restricting right? The obvious first question is, “How do you ever feel full?” His response to that was, it’s not about how much you eat, it’s about how much you absorb. Then he proceeded to prepare some of the [...]
