On my job interview, we went to a bar to talk and soon realized it was too loud for a business meeting. We decided to move to a diner. I stood up and my prospective department chair said, don’t waste the drinks. We picked them up and walked with them outside. In the halls of … More Vignettes from then
In Mexico, they have the Japanese embassy and you can get real Japanese food nearby. That means, economical food actual people from Japan eat on an everyday basis. I was able to feed my dormant, and benign addiction to various kinds of donburi, an addiction I sometimes try and fail to satisfy with the teriyaki … More The Tin Roof Blowdown
1. Take a whole car, by myself, do go do something at a place I could technically walk to. 2. Use hot water and air conditioning at the same time. 3. Leave lights on indoors just for the sake of “safety,” when I am not using the light. 4. Leave plugs in sockets, even when … More Things I do in the United States, but not in other countries
Today I was describing to my child, who lives in Austin, Texas, my culture shock upon returning to Maringouin. Professor Zero: It is not that Mexico is not violent, of course… Post-Louisianian One: …but Mexico does not have that Southern hostility. And that is exactly it. I flashed on a conversation with my very first … More On “Southern Hostility”
So today, I: – got up at 8:30, late – arrived to school at 9:30 – graded and wrote writing prompts until 10:30 – taught until 12:20 – conferred until 1 – had lunch while reading for a Fall class until 2 – came home and mostly thought, while also planning and making lists for … More Heute, Freitag
I have gotten quite interested in the food ideas on this blog, and I have bought a small rice cooker for the fall. I will live mostly on brown rice, CSA vegetables, and miso, with the occasional raw fish, egg, ginger root or fermented dairy product. I will avoid most groceries, and drink expensive tea. … More Pork floss and more
De la musique, pour le weekend. Este es un famoso huapango veracruzano, coming from Tepetzintla in the northern part of the state. You can see that contre la coutûme I am quite taken with Veracruz; this is not usual for me since I tend to prefer mountains over tropics. Yet there it is. Axé.
I want to shop for this, and make it: Pulled Pork Lettuce Wraps Start to finish: 1 1/2 hours (30 minutes active) Servings: 6 1 1/2 pounds pork tenderloin, cut into 2-inch chunks 1 quart no-salt chicken or vegetable stock Salt and ground black pepper 4 cloves garlic, smashed 3 bay leaves 1 teaspoon whole … More Pulled Pork Lettuce Wraps
Axé.
They telephoned me. I do not like to receive telephone solicitation at home. I said I would put my membership renewal in the mail. They said I should do it by phone, now, as a special, high level donor. I said no. They said I really ought to renew by phone, at least, to save … More The Sierra Club
