Author: strejde
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New Mexico
New Mexico was… …lots of red and green chile. …new music from my brother. …adobe and sand and mountains and blue skies. …turquoise and red amber and silver. …smiles and giggles and memories. …family.
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Off to New Mexico
Hello internets! I’m writing to you from a hotel in Albuquerque, where my mom, my sister and I are resting after a day of travel. We came together here in New Mexico for a weekend of family fun. Today was all about travel…flying up here, walking around Old Town, hanging out with my brother and…
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A few morsels
Spicy vegetable pizza…my regular old pizza crust topped with marinara, cheese, and a saute of garlic, broccolini, shiitake mushrooms, and red pepper flakes. So scrumptious. A little cracker given to me by my new co-worker, Li, who is also teaching me Mandarin…I don’t know what it says, but it tasted like a seasoned Ritz cracker.…
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Riddle
What’s better than a tomato-avocado-balsamic sandwich on rosemary bread? Two tomato-avocado-balsamic sandwiches on rosemary bread. Or three. My friend Doug bakes bread for a living. He bakes bread, people. How cool is that? I don’t know whether he made this loaf or not, but I bought it today at Central Market, where he works, and…
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Soup, beautiful soup
Tonight we tried this lovely soup from Gourmet magazine. It’s a traditional Andean soup, tinted with annatto seeds and topped with creamy avocado. I had high hopes for this soup, and it was good, but not amazing. I think it would benefit from using vegetable broth instead of water…it had that plain salted water feel…