Mexican and Pho!

I have been exceedingly bad about posting lately. I’ve had a case of the Mondays for a little over a week now, I suppose. Well, no more! Lots of exciting food has passed my way recently, most of which I ate while not having a camera on the near vicinity, alas. Here’s a rundown: I [...]

Borsch is where it’s at

As a general rule, I am not a fan of beets. It’s not that I dislike them, per se, it’s simply that, if they are on a table full of other options, they will simply not be eaten. Were they on a table full of disgusting foods, such as liver, mushrooms, or omelets, I would [...]

Stew? Soup? It’s so hard to tell these days.

So I’m sick right now, having caught the inevitable winter cold. Thus, it is an excellent time to talk about soup. Or stew. I have this problem, you see. Drew is not a soup person, preferring his “food in a bowl that you eat with a spoon” to be thicker then your average soup. So, [...]

Chili, as it’s rather chilly out

There’s nothing good to heat you up like a big ole pile of spicy beans! To be perfectly honest, I have a rather narrow view of chili. First off, I find it rather baffling that there are some variants of chili that are designed to be dumped on top of hot dogs. To me, this [...]

Soup that is Filled with Delicious

Here’s my first sampling of soup in Mexico. I’m really not sure what type of soup this is. Considering my Spanish language skills (or, rather, lack thereof), I feel lucky that I ended up with soup, period. In any case, it is filled with delicious. Well, and celery, potatoes, carrots, and a Mystery Vegetable. This [...]

Hearty Miso Soup

I generally enjoy ‘fusion food’. This is because of the theory that a restaurant generally does not attempt to serve fusion food unless it has a firm grasp on all of the different types of food it is attempting to merge together. While I don’t really have a firm grasp of anything, much less the [...]