Tamales with Friends: A Christmas Celebration of the Ladies of Sea Foam Lane

by Eva Hernïn, William Linus (Editor)

Overview

Susy has made her home the little enclave of San Pedro. Through flavors and memories, the ladies of Sea Foam Lane will discover more about themselves during the holiday season.

When a sports car is left in the charming cul-de-sac of Sea Foam Lane a few days prior to Christmas, five of the six ladies living in the houses on this lovely street go into a frenzy. Only Susy, the newest in the neighborhood, seems to not share their excitement.

Susy is more interested in what she is going to do during her days off, and the upcoming Christmas dinner that she is hosting for her neighbors.

Preparing traditional Mexican tamales gives Susy the opportunity to recount memories of her childhood from the family excursions to visit her abuelita Amelia-memories of flavors and aromas found in a traditional Mexican kitchen.

During the last days of December Susy will need to face the past. Her neighbors will discover a secret, and the mystery of the sports car will be revealed.

Tamales with Friends is a novella that transports the reader via Susy's cooking from the town of San Pedro on the California coast, where the ladies of Sea Foam Lane live, to the house of Amelia Guzmán in central Mexico where some of Susy's happiest memories took place.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781952004148
Publisher:	Blue Sand Publications
Publication date:	09/24/2023
Series:	Sea Foam Lane , #1
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

Eva considers herself fortunate for having spent time in her grandmothers' kitchens, learning about the different ingredients of traditional Mexican dishes like mole, tamales, carnitas, enchiladas, and many more.During the second half of her childhood, she lived in a small rural community in central Mexico and witnessed firsthand the concept of farm to table. In Eva's case it was more like from field to table or chicken coop to table.Eva is a graduate from the Universidad de Guanajuato and obtained an advanced degree from the University of Southern California.She is the master chef in her house, and lives with her husband (experienced food tester and critic) in the Arizona high desert.Eva enjoys cooking dishes that allow for leftovers, watching sunsets, and occasionally sunrises.