I am happy to say that we are again visiting one of our favorite places: Lake Superior’s North Shore in Minnesota. Aside from the majestic views of the lake and the great hiking along the Superior Hiking Trail, we have enjoyed getting to know and taste some of […]
It is Cinco de Mayo. Growing up as a Mexican-American kid in southern California, I had many “cultural dissonances” during elementary school. One example: At school, we celebrated Cinco de Mayo, but at home, we did not. This is not because my family did not care about Mexican […]
The weather is getting colder in Wisconsin and our fireplace has already seen a lot of action. And that is usually when my thoughts and my appetite lead me to making soup. So I decided to make a soup that uses some of my favorite ingredients: wild rice, […]
I’ve eaten a lot of rice in my life. My mom’s rice, hermana de la iglesia rice (church lady rice at our potlucks), Chinese take-out rice, and a lot of delicious rice in Japan, etc. But it wasn’t until I moved to the Midwest, that I “discovered” wild […]
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