Angel Hair Pasta in Garlic Butter
Image via Wikipedia I’m a nut for garlic. I’ll eat it in just about anything. For a long time, the only way I’d eat spaghetti was with butter and a bit of garlic salt sprinkled on top – it’s still a favorite snack for me. Well, I made a stir fry the other night, and [...]
Making Chicken Stock
Image by Librarianguish via Flickr I use chicken stock for a lot of things… well, not a lot of things, but a couple important things. Chicken soup and aji de gallina. In Peru, people seem to take their chicken soup very seriously, and if you want a good soup, you need to start with a [...]
TP or Not TP…. That is the Question
Image via Wikipedia There are two things about toilet paper in Peru that you need to know. First of all, always – ALWAYS – carry some with you. Second, when in doubt, don’t flush it. Before I came to Peru, I had read something about carrying TP with you while you traveled. I assumed, in [...]
La Llorona and El Cuco
Image by garlandcannon via Flickr It sounds like some crazy pair of South American bandits, but they’re actually the main characters of two Peruvian folk tales. For those not in the know, this week is World Folktales and Fables Week, so I thought I’d tell you about a few of the tales that I’ve heard [...]
Free Pastry at Starbucks!
Hey, are you one of those folks that goes to Starbucks every morning? Then tomorrow’s your lucky day – go here and print out a coupon for a free pastry. But remember – it’s only good for tomorrow, before 10:30 am – the early bird gets the danish!
Aji Molido, or Pepper Sauce: The Spice of Peruvian Cooking
Image by TravelingMan via Flickr There’s been so much going on around here lately that I’ve kinda been slacking on recipes and cooking stuff. Well, that just won’t do for a blog that’s s’poseta be about what we’re eating! So let’s see if we can’t start making a little amends for that. I read an [...]
Speaking of School and Combis…
My oldest son is now 13 years old, and this year has started in the 1st grade of secondary classes. It’s the equivalent of 7th grade – middle school or junior high – in the US. The previous school the boys were enrolled in only included primary classes, so we had no choice but to [...]
I’m so Clumsy!
Our dear, sweet Chance (in the picture with my son, David) had this really bad habit of laying in front of the French doors leading out of my bedroom. It’s bad, because we have privacy curtains on those doors, and you can’t see him laying there as you start to pass through. Well, yesterday it [...]
Kitchen Re-do!
When we moved into the house we now live in, one of the things we didn’t like about it was the color in the kitchen. First of all, most of the walls are white tile, up to about 5 feet high – super easy to keep clean, but kind of gives it a hospital/morgue feel [...]
Buses and Micros and Combis – Oh My!
Image by pierre pouliquin via Flickr I have a love/hate relationship with public transportation here in Lima. While I love the fact that’s cheap, convenient and can get me pretty much anywhere I want to go, I hate how crowded and uncomfortable it is. And dirty. And cramped. And dangerous. But apart from that, I [...]
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