On Serious Eats: Now You’re Speaking My Lengua She entertained other customers by singing, “Lengua, lengua, lengua,” to the tune of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” Then she stole one of my tortillas and created her own taco with a mix of lengua, carnitas, and carne asada. “I’m eating a real taco!” she declared, dropping meat […]
Worried about Honduran cantaloupes? Chill out. Honduran president defends melons by eating one He’s no Julia Child, but Honduran President Manuel Zelaya showed Tuesday he can attack a cantaloupe and U.S. government claims in a single motion. Zelaya lifted a cantaloupe from the box, placed it in front of him, then grabbed a knife and […]
Iris: Mama, did you know that in Japan, udon noodles make everyone feel better?
I’ve been using a cookbook holder like this for as long as I can remember. I used to have a really huge one, but it broke, and I had to replace it with an annoyingly small one because I couldn’t find a big one for sale. Aren’t we supposed to be supersizing everything, people? What […]
I’m late to the Wooly Pigs Mangalitsa pork belly party. Rebekah Denn wrote about it for the P-I: I have eaten the pork belly, and suddenly I comprehend the zealot’s gleam in Heath Putnam’s eyes when he implores buyers of his Mangalitsa pigs not to trim the fat. This fat-laden cut — belly with some […]
