Pomaire for Becca's Birthday

Saturday I went to Pomaire, a small pottery village, with Becca, Maca, and Rodrigo. We really went just to be comilones and eat pastel de choclo and empanadas de pino. Pastel de choclo (in the picture) is a baked dish full of corn and chicken. It is sweet and salty and absolutely delicious. The empanadas in Pomaire are half a kilo and are bigger than my face.

After devouring lunch we walked around town and went to an artist's stand to learn how to make traditional pottery. We all made a few pieces with the artist's help and then tried some on our own. We took all of the pots home, even though mine will definitely be moving to the garbage.

After Pomaire I went to Becca's house to celebrate with her family. We had completos (second time this week!) and this chocolate, manjar, condensed milk, whipped cream, strawberry cake that Katy and I made. After eating we went to a bar and met up with friends from Tufts to finish off the birthday celebrations.