“I could just have chips and salsa for dinner every day.” ~Mia Hamm Chips & salsa, nachos & me. A love story. Or at least a story I love. If you know me at all, or have been following me on any social media, you know I love chips and salsa. In fact, I have always loved chips and salsa. Chips of almost any kind, actually. As a kid, before tortilla chips were as plentiful in grocery stores as they are now, I was all about potato chips and dips. Or Fritos and bean dip. There is just something about the crunch of chips partnered with a savory accompaniment. My…
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À Votre Goût
“A splash of red wine vinegar can pull things together like a pinch of salt.” ~Alex Guarnaschelli “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” ~Charles M. Schulz I’ve always loved Snoopy. And while I’m not sure about the chocolate part, I do agree with Snoopy’s creator that love is all you need. I was raised on it. Well, maybe love and food. Chocolate is food, after all. Mr. Schulz wasn’t too far off. To Your Liking À Votre Goût. To your liking. It’s a French phrase that is important to understand if you’re ordering a nice steak in Paris, or perhaps if you’re…
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The Things I Do For Love…
Bad Comparisons and Good Compromises “The things I do for love?” Yep. I totally just ripped off a Jamie Lannister quote from Game of Thrones. Am I really comparing Jamie pushing Bran out of a window and what he thought would be the boy’s ultimate death to me making paella with riced cauliflower instead of real rice? All for the keto-lifestyle-living love of my life? I guess I am. Or at least I think it’s a somewhat overly dramatic—and funny—way to emphasize that something so compromising can end up being just what needs to be done. Sweet Dreams Are Made of This When Peter and I first started seriously talking…
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Eating It Up
“There are only three things women need in life: food, water and compliments.” ~Chris Rock While I am not going to conduct a science experiment to test Chris Rock’s theory about all that women need, I won’t argue with the three things he lists. Forever thirsty… Water? Well, duh. We need water to live. What is it that the experts say, we can only go three days without water before we perish? Besides, we also need water to make beer, and wine, and iced tea, and Coca-Cola, and for those crazy water ring games from the 70’s and 80’s that were impossible to win. You are so good looking… Compliments?…
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Family, Food & Cheer
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ~J.R.R. Tolkien Well, as someone who has always dreamed of hoarding as much gold as I can find, I suppose when it comes to my Martinez family, I will agree that a merrier bunch around food and cheer may be harder to find. Food & Family It probably comes as no surprise that, for me, food has always been an important thing. Growing up, every occasion was marked by food. It’s not that unusual, of course. Most families serve food at special occasions: weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, deaths, celebrations. And memories are…
