This recipe is almost cheating. I hesitated to even list it, but these ribs have become a favorite around here, so I thought it only fair to share my secret. I start with the San Luis cut of pork ribs from the La Italiana deli on Solano Ave. These really do seem to be the […]
[Recipe] Avocado Stuffed With Chicken Salad
Stuffed Avocado has become a favorite appetizer, and often serves as a full breakfast too I mentioned in my email a couple days ago that I have started cooking more at home, and going out to restaurants less. In that message I mentioned that I might start including some of my recipes in my blog. […]
Applesauce
Gloria Uyaguari, Evelyn’s favorite Spanish teacher, requires her students to write a diary in Spanish. Evelyn takes private Spanish lessons twice a week at Gloria’s home. Here’s a recent page from Evelyn’s Spanish diary: 29 de Marzo, el sábado Gloria y Adrian nos invitaron a su casa de campo cerca de San Bartolomé a recoger […]
Cooking Made Easy
[Update Aug 24, 2014: I have just been told that this Instant Pot can be bought at the SuperStock on Las Americas in Cuenca.] In 2002, it seemed that I should learn to cook. I won’t go into the whole story here, but there were tears — of WTH, joy and laughter — in the […]
Day In The Country
We were invited to a day in the country by a Peruvian family now living in Cuenca. Alberto Soriano is a well known Peruvian artist that Evelyn took painting classes from on our first trip here in 2012. He speaks almost no English, which means we get to practice our Spanish when talking to him. […]
Love and Passion
Dinner at “That’s Amore” had only two choices tonight — “menu of love” or “menu of passion.” We had both! Valentine’s Day seems a bigger deal here in Cuenca than back in Berkeley. All day long, we saw women walking with single roses, and couples arm-in-arm. Though young couples dominated, there was plenty of […]
Cooking Shrimp (class)
I’ve commented several times about how many gourmet restaurants exist within a couple blocks of our condo. Today a new variation appeared — a gourmet cooking school! And yes, it is two blocks from our condo. Today was La Warmi’s first such class, but they promise to soon start doing such a class every day, […]
Energy Drinks Not Needed
I ‘discovered’ energy drinks in 2012, and started using them frequently when I became tired. Nodding off on a long drive? Energy drink to the rescue! Tired in the office after lunch? Energy drink let me focus on the software to be developed. I expected these would be hard to find in Ecuador, so I […]
Subdued New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve day was warm with just enough clouds to add character to the sky New Year’s Eve this year was rather subdued, when compared to last year. All the same activities were there, but fewer of each. Fewer effigies in doorways and on car tops. Fewer neighborhood competition displays. Fewer firecrackers. Fewer fires. […]
Music Everywhere
Brian Gary performing at LaParola We have always enjoyed live music in small intimate surroundings, but we really have rarely gone to them. In Berkeley there were plenty of venues, but they required us getting into a car, driving to a specific destination, finding a parking place, listening to (usually expensive) music, then reversing the […]