I love avocados, I think they are the perfect fruit even though I consider it a vegetable in my mind. My favorite way to eat avocados is with salt and lime, and my second favorite is guacamole. Guacamole comes "from one of the indigenous languages of Mexico, Nahuatl, which combined the words ahuacatl (now aguacate in Spanish, the word … Continue reading Guacamole →

After our discussion last Monday, I started thinking about all the different communities that form around food. In his book American Tacos, Jose mentioned that "as I traveled for tacos, I was repeatedly reminded that the culture surrounding this food is rich and surprising and worth deeper and deeper dives." This made me stop and … Continue reading American Tacos →

Being an english major aside from a love of writing offers many professional opportunities. This is both the best thing and the scariest part since it is such an open ended field. This class has helped me see that there are more options than I thought! Yet it also showed me since there are so … Continue reading Food Writer →

The last couple of weeks I’ve been making alot of different dishes with my mom. The other day we made empanadas de guava. I started to think of all the different countries that have empanadas and found that there is such a deep history behind them and their history is so widespread. Empanadas are a … Continue reading Empanadas →

For the last assignment I originally wanted to interview my grandmother, I thought about all the different recipes and stories she had to tell about food. My grandmother was born and grew up in Pereira, with five siblings and her way of life was very different from the way I grew up. Her brother owns … Continue reading Brainstorm →

Turning on the news nowadays we are constantly hearing about coronavirus, death rates, Trump talking about something that doesn't make sense, and the grim realities that front line workers are unfortunately dealing with in regards with protective gears and testing. However there are moments in between that give us hope and it reminds us that … Continue reading Coming Together →

Reading Alyshia Galvez book titled Eating Nafta, I learned about the increase of obesity and health problems caused in part by a poor NAFTA deal. As I read more, I became increasingly intrigued in something she called coca colonization. Being an advertising minor I was super interested in how advertising plays such a big role … Continue reading “Coca Colonization” →

During this shelter in place, my friends and I have started using zoom for both our classes and to interact with each other. Lately we have been having digital pot lucks with each other. My friend from Indonesia showed us all how to make dumplings from her kitchen, my friend David from Mexico and his … Continue reading Shared Dishes →

We are living through a very strange time right now with everything going on. The COVID-19 virus has turned the world we knew around. These are uncertain and difficult times for many people. I used to intern at Big Gay Ice Cream in the city doing their creative marketing and due to the social distancing … Continue reading Street Vendors →

Last week my mom and I were scrolling through Netflix trying to find our next show to watch before Casa de Papel's new season came out. We stumbled upon a three season documentary titled The Story of God with Morgan Freeman. My mom and I are both really interested in world religions and the way … Continue reading Stories of Corn →