I actually had a stupendously good meal: lunch at this little restaurant in some woman's house. Salpicon (shredded beef with a vinegary sauce, radishes and cilantro) preceded by this really nice creamy black bean soup. All the jamaica (hibiscus) I could drink.
Author: zora
Agua con Gas
One real benefit to traveling alone: I can double-dip my chips in the guacamole as much as I please. And I can order fizzy water without having to consult the table on bubbles vs. no bubbles. This trip is only making more set in my ways.
Viva Zapata!
The only trouble with traveling alone in a sunny climate is there's no one to put sunscreen on your back. I seem to have accidentally rendered the Pacific Ocean between my shoulder blades, with Japan and the California coastline marked in red.
Down Mexico Way
Anyway, this doesn't have anything to do with food, but I witnessed two weddings this week, and they couldn't have been more opposite.
Not food-related, but food for thought…
Catching Up
I've been busy traveling, and am just about to head off for a couple more trips, so briefly, my life in food for the past couple of weeks:
Adrienne’s Respiratory Cure
Perhaps too late for some of the most congested, but Adrienne emailed me her vegetable stock recipe today (and she hadn't even heard me hacking like an old man).
Another eGullet Gem
An essay on a life of meat-cutting. Clearly a Tony Bourdain protege, in writing style anyway (I'm sure he developed the similar lifestyle all on his own).
Cook’s Illustrated in the Flesh
Sooo tired. Not even the prospect of mocking Christopher Kimball's twee little bow tie can rally me. Or maybe it can...
Behind the scenes at Tavern on the Green
Peter just sent me this fantastic photo essay on eGullet that shows proof of why I was right to mock that guy for wanting to eat Tavern on the Green.