Watercress Soup
Translated by Marvin Najarro She comes out of the supermarket with a bag full of vegetables, she has bought a bunch of watercress to make soup, her friend Joaquín told her that for the cold days of the long American winter, watercress soup is the best. Maria used to eat watercress only in salads and in meat patties, to which she sometimes adds chard or watercress, but lately she has been mix them with tofu. She takes a handful of grapes and eats them one by one; she enjoys this fruit only in December because it reminds her of her…