I bet you think I'm weird for posting so many pictures of what I eat, huh? But I'd rather share the little details like lunch rather than talk about general things that you could easily find described [more sophisticatedly] in a travel brochure. Plus, most of my favorite parts of being in Spain happen while sitting around a table that's small or big but always graced with food or at least a little cup of thick hot chocolate. I just finished helping Jazmín [one of my host sisters] make a quiche. And now I can smell it crisping and cooking in the oven. The weather outside is entertaining a bit of cool wind, the moisture-less version of waves that gracefully crash salty fields of sand, an interaction that happens merely miles from here in a pool of water called the Mediterranean Sea.
The quiche is out of the oven, and it smells cheesy and delicious. Perfect comfort food on a chilly day like this.
I thoroughly enjoy reading about your life, especially when my desk is cluttered with "to do's."
ReplyDeletemm the quiche looks delicious!
ReplyDeletei like the glimpses we get of your day through food. and i like the fact that food is a large/lengthy part of the day in spain (and europe in general). a restaurant owner in instanbul summed it up better than i could in a recent episode of no reservations:
"I just don't like today's food style: sit, grab a bite and then leave after 15-20 minutes when your favorite tv show starts. People should be sitting down and just talking to each other while eating-- because these are the happiest moments of our day."
sometimes they aren't the HAPPIEST, but they are times of emotion, thoughtfulness or refuge. you know???
lovingly miss you.
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