I told my friend (she's french) if she'd help me with my
presentation, I would make a tart…for us to eat together…

My french grammaire prof requires each of us to give a fifteen minute presentation before the end of the short semester. There are guidelines but all I remember is that they left room for Texas. So, Tuesday afternoon I shared with over 20 students from 13 different countries the history of my home state—which could be a country if it wanted to—followed by a demonstration of how to make guacamole. Discombobulated by the french, I neglected several important facts and phrases of Texan history but in the end, we had tortilla chips and guacamole.