Flan in a Can

Or: Austerity Pleasures

I wrote this essay several years ago for my friend David at Leite’s Culinaria, who recently suggested I re-publish it here, since most of you likely haven’t seen it. Although re-edited and updated, the dream hasn’t changed all that much since then.

Once in a great while, I find myself sitting cross-legged on the floor of an ugly, unfurnished room. When …