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The Mundens

Archives for June 2014

Clericó (Sangria Blanca)

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My best friend’s grandmother, “Oma,” has been an inspiration to me ever since I can remember. Argentinian-born and raised, German-married, yet Texan to the core, Oma is one of those women you can sit and talk to for hours on end without so much as a glance towards the clock. Her breadth of multicultural experiences interlaced with genuine warmth, compassion, and an extremely sharp “wit” (hmm coincidence that “Wit” is her last name? I think not. ) are ingredients for a truly amazing woman, and some inevitably fascinating stories to boot.

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Heirloom Tomato and Plum Gazpacho

Heirloom Tomato and Plum Gazpacho

Happy summer everybody! I don’t think the season change even dawned on me until I stowed away the last of my teaching materials and turned in my keys for the summer. First year of teaching in the bag. Shwew! I survived. While my homepage was looking particularly sad and static for weeks on end, I believe every type of energy imaginable (kinetic, creative, frenetic, potential, etc.) was seeping into and out of room B3. (Now, if only we could find a way to store the energy that runs amok in elementary schools, I think we could really be onto something…)

Anyhow, I haven’t forgotten about you, though it may appear that way. I’ve still been cooking up a storm; however, I was in the market for a new camera lens, hence the hiatus (I would consider it sheer torture to read a food blog post without any accompanying pictures, wouldn’t you?)  But alas, the search is over and I am ready to capture some gorgeous, delicious art! …

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