Snack For An Urban Albanile
Abraham is an albanile in Yucatan. He constructed the walls of our house with block and cement, rebar and string and strong tree limbs to hold the materials in place while they dry. But Abraham is a...
View ArticleSoft Pretzels
Eating a soft pretzel fills me with happy nostalgia. I have a vague yet comforting memory of pulling them apart while being pushed in a shopping carriage up and down the aisles of an early ’80′s big...
View ArticleSuperbowl XLVI Snack Roundup
This weekend, let’s honor Sunday for what many of us know it really is: A day to wear sheepskin slippers all day, to drink beer out of a plastic helmet beginning at 10 A.M., to place inappropriately...
View ArticleSalted Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Crackers
Jillian and I first starting taking road trips together in 1999. At first, we would take our lives in our hands, pushing the beater Toyota Corolla that her parents bought her when she was a teenager...
View ArticleAmerica! Presents: FlatJacks™ Chicken Snacks (Original Flavor)
It’s rare that a product stops me dead in my tracks, when I am taking my near-daily slow stroll down the frozen food aisle of our supermarket. Today, though, tucked away on the bottom shelf, in an...
View ArticleBanana Applesauce Muffins
I’ve already had four of these muffins today. I don’t know if it’s me – because I’m ravenous all the time – or because these muffins are wonderful. You probably have all the ingredients on hand....
View ArticlePimento Cheese
Visit nearly any home in the Southern part of the United States on a weekday afternoon, and it won’t be long before your kindly host breaks out a bowl of pimento cheese. The Southern staple, a simple...
View ArticleCurried Sausage Buns
The first thing you should know about these sausage buns is that they contain zero sausage. No pork whatsoever. Sin salchicha. Totally Kosh. I’m not really sure that they qualify as buns, either. But...
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