Tag: food

• That Confident, Wet Bean

  Feb 23

  I don’t “drink coffee.” I experience origin stories. You see, most people think coffee is just… a beverage. A tool. A caffeine delivery system. A brown emergency. I find that… more ›

• Operational Necessity

  Feb 20

  As a kid, I had a huge appetite. Historically speaking, most teenage boys eat more than their apparent capacity would suggest. Me? That has always been true—at pretty much every… more ›

• The Coffee Made Me Do It

  Feb 19

  I need to come clean. I didn’t mean to overindulge. Honest. No one ever wakes up and says,“Today feels like a ten–Reese’s kind of day.” And yet… here we are.… more ›

• Docket #021626: The Snack Accords v. The Traje De Charro

  Feb 16

  Your Honor, members of the jury, and all snacks and foods present by association: I submit to this court that I am not at fault. That I have always acted… more ›

• Just Like Hers

  Feb 16

  Funny how when you have a hankering for something, it doesn’t matter what else you have.If it’s not that one thing, you’re not satisfied.You’re left with just a little emptiness.… more ›

• Two Circles, Different Paths… and Me Here with My Coffee

  Feb 15

  Snack time.Blood sugar dipping.Logic fading.Philosophy rising. I’m standing in the kitchen, cabinet door open, staring into the abyss like it owes me answers. And all I can think about… is… more ›

• The Algorithm Knows I’m Hungry

  Jan 18

  As much as I hate to admit it, I—like countless others of my kind—spend more time scrolling the socials than I care to say out loud. But I’m admitting it… more ›

• Home Alone (Yeah, not that one…)

  Nov 17

  Every now and then—usually when I’m sitting around minding my own business, sipping something cold, letting the world drift by—I’ll get hit with one of those memories from way back.… more ›

• Epic Quests Require Fries: A Charro’s Story

  Nov 9

  After our performance at the closing of the Cattle Call Rodeo in Brawley, I rolled up to In-N-Out thinking I’d grab a quick bite. The place looked packed to the… more ›

• Cooking: the world’s most delicious dehydration project

  Oct 20

  Did y’all know that cooking is basically just strategically drying your food to a preferred edible status? That’s it. That’s the whole operation. We’ve spent centuries building cuisines, writing cookbooks,… more ›

• The Flavor of Family

  Aug 14

  Food has a way of doing what nothing else can: it gathers us, roots us, and reminds us who we are. In our family, meals were never just about eating.… more ›

• Nostalgia on a Stick

  Aug 8

  Growing up, summer in Calexico had its own soundtrack—somewhere a screen door slammed, a dog barked three streets over, and a radio played Ramón Ayala so faintly you couldn’t tell… more ›

• “Just Coffee” A Mini Monologue for the Over-Caffeinated, Slightly-Overwhelmed Middle-Aged Soul

  Aug 1

  So I walk into Starbucks.Already, mistake number one.It’s not a coffee shop. It’s a lifestyle temple.There’s music playing that sounds like a cat whispering into a synthesizer.Everyone smells faintly of… more ›