Monthly archive September, 2009

A piece of El Salvador to remind me of Edmonton

You never forget your first for a reason. The anticipation, the longing, the excitement for what’s sure to be a sensory overload. I had my first pupusa six years ago at Acajutla.  It was a moment that changed my carb-loving life forever. Not much more than a corn dough pocket filled with good stuff like...

Sweet Sweet Bacon

Bacon. Salty, sweet, crisp, chewy, fatty goodness. For breakfast next to eggs, for lunch nestled between toast, lettuce, and tomatoes, for dinner a la carbonara, and for dessert? With comedy odes to the cured confection and a smattering of hot young chefs rethinking the salty ingredient, bacon is back on the menu as a decadent...