“It’s not often an author walks into a room full of readers, let alone teenagers, who talk about characters born in his imagination as if they’re living human beings. And it’s equally rare for students to spend time with an author whose world feels like a refuge.” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/b...

I work in Colombia, but I'm gonna put it out there that the Venezuelan arepa is the winner in my book...and that the translation of an arepa as "cornbread" is just awful.

In these polarizing times, might as well begin with what should be a non-polarizing post: pecan pie should only be made with maple syrup. Dump the corn syrup like you dumped X.