Tamale tutorial gone wrong
Michelle texted this morning asking if I could teach her how to make Abuela Rosa's tamales. 'How hard can it be?' she said. Famous last words. Two hours later, my kitchen looks li…
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Masa and mayhem
Carmen knocked on my door at 10 AM with a grocery bag full of corn husks and a determined look. "Today's the day we finally do this," she announced, dumping everything on my kitch…
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Pancake geometry
Jake decided this morning that boxed pancake mix is "basically cheating" and he was going to make them completely from scratch. No recipe consultation. No measuring cups. Just pur…
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Kitchen catastrophe artist
Jake decided to surprise me with breakfast this morning. Sweet gesture, questionable execution. I woke up to the sound of our smoke alarm having what can only be described as a ne…
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Three hours for three ingredients
Alex showed up at 2pm with a notebook and the most serious expression I've ever seen him wear for anything non-work related. "I want to learn this properly," he announced, like we…
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Lost in translation
Abuela Rosa's recipe cards arrived yesterday in a manila envelope with my name written in her careful cursive. I spread them across the kitchen counter this afternoon, expecting t…
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Recipe for disaster (or triumph)
Three hours ago, I decided I was going to make Thanksgiving dinner from scratch. Not just the turkey, everything. Stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole,…
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Flour power
Decided today was the day I'd finally try making pasta from scratch. How hard could it be, right? Famous last words. Flour power Three hours later and I look like I wrestled with…
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Tamale disaster zone
Carmen showed up this afternoon with a bag of masa harina and complete confidence that we could recreate her mom's famous tamales. "It's easy," she said. "Just spread, fill, fold.…
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Sunday gravy success
Jake's been talking about his grandmother's Sunday gravy for months. Every time we'd have pasta, he'd get this wistful look and say "Nonna's was different though." Finally asked h…
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Kitchen disasters
Michelle showed up this afternoon with a bag of flour and grand plans to teach me how to make fresh pasta from scratch. "How hard can it be?" she said. Famous last words. Kitchen…
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Flour power
Alex knocked on our door this afternoon with a bag of groceries and big plans. "We're making fettuccine from scratch," he announced, like this was something normal people just dec…
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Kitchen experiment
Carmen showed up this morning with a grocery bag full of corn husks and her grandmother's handwritten tamale recipe. "How hard could it be?" she said, spreading everything across…
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Emergency hotline
Carmen showed up this afternoon with groceries and announced we were making empanadas from scratch. "How hard can it be?" she said, pulling out a crumpled piece of paper with her…
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