Description: #Audio. #recipe #covidsmetamorphosis My version of a really simple Neopolitan classic. Excerpt: Always, on Easter Eve, with the kitchen smelling like vinegar, and our fingers stained blue, green, purple, we would make aglio e olio,

Description: #Audio. #flashfiction #covidsmetamorphosis When your partner is a synthetic lifeform, family planning takes on a whole new dimension. Excerpt: “We lost a son,” I corrected. And we had, two years before Elizabeth was born. Our son, Jake,

Description: #Audio. #essay #covidsmetamorphosis What determines whether or not a sentence is perfect? Excerpt: Maybe it should have seventeen syllables, all stretched out in a line like Hemingway wrote for warm-ups. “American sentences,

Description: #Audio. #essay #sliceoflife #holidaysinbajasurmexico The three drinks of Christmas are cidre, ponche, and rompope. Excerpt: Since it’s New Years Eve, it seems appropriate to talk about the three drinks that are used to celebrate Christmas ...

Description: #Audio. #essay #sliceoflife #holidaysinbajasurmexico “Tamale season” is my favorite time of year. Excerpt: But the reality is that whether they’re wrapped in corn husks or banana leaves, tamales predate Christianity,

Description: #Audio. #essay #sliceoflife #holidaysinbajasurmexico Mazapánes are a Mexican holiday tradition, and that’s not all that’s special about them. Excerpt: When Mom brought these around at her posada, all the Mexican guests immediately lit up,

Description: #Audio. #essay #sliceoflife #holidaysinbajasurmexico Fried dough exists in every culture, but at Christmas in Mexico, you eat buñuelos. Excerpt: Traditionally, these are caseras  – homemade. You can’t typically buy them in stores,

Description: #Audio. #essay #sliceoflife #holidaysinbajasurmexico Lupita’s Frutería is the source of the best pico de gallo. Excerpt: Now, pico de gallo itself is not a difficult thing to make. It’s just tomatos, onions, chili peppers and cilantro,

Description: #Audio. #essay #sliceoflife #holidaysinbajasurmexico #huevosytocino We go shopping for eggs and bacon. Excerpt: Getting bacon (or smoked pork chops, ham, or chorizo) is a similar process. You drive to the bacon guy’s house.

Description: #Audio. #essay #sliceoflife #holidaysinbajasurmexico Excerpt: There’s another, faster highway, but Route 1 twists and turns up into the mountains along the gulf coast, skirting through East Cape,