It’s not hard to make rice and beans. Even Timbal can do it, as is clear from this passage from Karia’s Path:
“Come and eat something,” he said. “I’ve made some hinarka and kariki. You need it.”
“I’m not hungry,” she said. She did not care enough about anything to get angry at his persistence.
“I don’t care. You need to eat. Put the book down and come eat,” he said. She just stared at him. “I mean it. Put it down. Come get something to eat.”
She knew that look. It was the same look she got sometimes, the look that said, “I’m not taking no for an answer.” She suspected she had even taught him that look, and she didn’t feel like arguing. That meant more talking. She put the book down and went downstairs with him. She sat at the table while he went to the kitchen.
He brought her a bowl of hinarka and kariki, and she ate.
“Do you like it?” he asked.
She hadn’t even tasted it. She had been eating it, but she had no idea what it tasted like. She lied. “It’s good.” She rationalized that it wasn’t really a lie, since she probably would have noticed if it was bad.
“I think I got your mom’s recipe right, or at least close,” he said. “What do you think?”
“It’s fine, Timbal.”
But not even Karia could make rice and beans if she didn’t have any.
And that’s a distinct possibility for the needy people of Nicaragua, who live on $2 a day.
Buying a book, and providing $1 worth of rice and beans for them, is a really big deal.
Rice & Beans Foundation will use 100 percent of the funds to buy rice and beans. The only question is, how much will they be able to buy? This offer ends at midnight tomorrow, so don’t delay.
Spread the world.
Enjoy the journey and feed a family.
by Ian Fallis 
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