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Flower in the garden
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Abuelita stokes the fire in her outdoor kitchen by blowing into a metal pipe
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Picante in Abuelita's outdoor kitchen
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Abuelita sweeps in front of her kitchen
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Craig loves his hot peppers, and I said that we should start calling him Aji Taita rather than Achi Taita (aji is the Spanish word for chili pepper). We do love our foreign language puns! Here he hugs the peppers that Sonam brought from Bhutan.
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Sonam uses his basketball skills to pick a tree tomato.
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Achi Mama and Shina
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Sonam prepared a lovely surprise for lunch. He brought peppers from Bhutan (a gift from his Apa ) and prepared ezay, a lovely mixture of peppers, onion, and tree tomato. He singed them on the flame from the burner of the stove, cut them up, and then ground them with Rosa's grinding stone.
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Sonam singes a pepper on the stove.
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Javier peels potatoes
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Achi Taita and Shina
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Sonam grinds the ezay
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Finished ezay! Delicious! But too spicy for the kids; they wouldn't even try it.
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Lunch
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Aji Taita is in his glory