{About}

“Food is our common ground, a universal experience. “

– James Beard

Tania deLuzuriaga is The Musing Bouche.

I’m an equal opportunity eater who enjoys catching fish, cooking for friends and consuming things I probably shouldn’t. It is a miracle I don’t weigh 300 lbs.

A few things you might find interesting:

1. I prefer green bananas. Once they’re fully yellow they’re too mushy for me. I make a lot of banana bread as a result.
2. When I’m at the stove, I tend to stand in tree pose.
3. I drink hot coffee with milk only, but like my iced coffee sweetened. Same for espresso.
4. I’m pretty adept at gutting and filleting fish. And I don’t mind doing it.
5. The worst thing I’ve ever eaten is a raw sea turtle egg. It actually didn’t taste bad, but I felt terrible about it afterwards when I found out what it was.
6. I like big red wines, and sparkling white ones. That’s it.
7. There are only two things I refuse to eat: papaya and cold cut ham (the cheap kind). Papaya tastes like snotty dirt to me, and cold cuts generally skeeve me out.
8. While I have nothing against dairy, I’m not a big milk drinker. Can’t remember the last time I drank a glass of the stuff. Ice cream and cheese are a totally different story.
9. I like to grill corn tortillas on the stove, directly over a flame. I’ve started a few fires that way.
10. I adore baking cakes and hosting dinner parties. Want to team up on either? Drop me a line.

A former journalist, I’ve written for The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, The Miami Herald and The Boston Globe. These days, I do media relations for Harvard University. You can read some of the food-related writing produced for my real job here and here.

When I’m not eating you’ll likely find me with my nose in a book, wandering through the mountains, or on the sea.

Contact me at themusingbouche-at-gmail-dot-com.

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