Posts By: Jessi

Fish Chowder

Good for cold weather and for supplying some healthy oils. Fish Chowder 1 lb snapper, halibut, tilapia or cod 1 onion 2 leeks 1/2 lb mushrooms 2 stalks celery 2 potatoes 2 cups soymilk salt, pepper lemon juice dill Cube potatoes. Chop onion. Slice celery, mushrooms, leeks. Cut fish into bite size pieces. Saut

Gabriela Mistral

Having just mentioned her, I thought she deserved her own post. If you don’t know already, Gabriela Mistral was a Chilean schoolteacher and poet. Everyone knows about Pablo Neruda, but not many people—outside Chile, at least—know about Gabriela and her poems. People should. Her voice is tender, sensuous, anguished, wise, and playful by turns. My… Read more »

My first interesting online acquaintance

I just met someone through last.fm. I liked her crazy wild gypsy music and I sent her a message about it. Now we’ve been getting acquainted. Her parents had to leave Chile during the dictatorship. She’s a big traveler, a musician, and helps her aunt teach school in Chile sometimes though she lives stateside otherwise…. Read more »