Stephanie says

Corn cake stuffed with beans and cheese, fresh salsa, and a tart coleslaw.  Yum! Not that pretty to photograph - delicious anyway.  Randomly finding two pupasas recipes caught my notice.  So I cooked some up.       Recipe from Food and Wine Magazine, May 2023   Total time:    45 minutes.     Serves 4 to 6   An El Salvadorian street-food staple, these pupusas are stuffed with creamy refried beans and melty cheese.    Hot water increases the absorption of the masa, ensuring soft and tender pupusas.    Chopped spinach can be swapped for the refried beans.    2 ¾ cup instant masa harina, such as Maseca, (about 11 ¾ oz) 1 ½ tsp fine sea salt 2 ¾ cups boiling water, divided 1 lb low-moisture mozzarella, shredded (about 4 cups) 2/3 cup canned black or red refried beans ½ cup cold water 2 TBL oil, plus more for skillet Curtido and Salsa de Tomate Fresh cilantro leaves for garnish   1.  ...

White beans and pork sausage with pistachio lemon crumble  From Food & Wine Magazine  Active 30 minutes.  Total 1 hour 5 minutes. Serves 4 1 large lemon 1/2 cup plus 1 TBL evoo, divided 1 medium red onion, cut through core into 8 wedges 1 small fennel bulb, cut into 4 wedges 4 (4 oz bratwursts, pricked all over using tip of a small knife 3 medium garlic cloves, thinly sliced (about 1 TBL) 1 medium Chile de arbor, broken into small pieces 1/2 cup dry white wine 2 (15.5 oz) cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed  1 cup chicken broth 1 tsp kosher salt, divided 1/2 cup finely chopped Sicilian pistachios 1/2 cup finely chopped mixed tender herbs (such as flat-leaf parsley, chives and mint) Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Using a vegetable peeler, remove wide (3 -x 1/2 inch) strips of peel from half of lemon; set aside 3 TBL juice in a small bowl.  Reserve any extra juice for another use. Heat 3 TBL oil in a deep, large ovenproof skillet over medium-high h...

  We made friends with another transplanted Coos County family, George and Emily Wilder and their two girls.  We attended the same church and often had Sunday dinner afterward.  Christy and Linda, brother-less until their tweens, loved the boisterous company of my brothers, their very boy-ness intriguing.  Michael excelled at organizing obstacle courses and us.  He’d race off in the lead setting the course while the pack followed.  We’d dash around the back field, scale the rock wall to vault onto the tire swing for a fast spin, drop off into cushiony ivy beds, onward to the next challenge.     The two sets of parents took dance lessons together, round and square dance, (Mom sewed square dance dresses for her with matching shirts for Dad.)  They held dance parties at our house, pushing furniture against the walls and sprinkling powder on the floors for a better dance surface. The adults whirled away in abandon do...