Alex's childhood was perfumed with simmering peppers and onions and stew meat in a cast iron pot for caldillo, fresh masa waiting on the butcher block.

亚历克斯的童年充满了用文火慢炖的辣椒和洋葱的香气， 还有在铸铁锅里炖肉的味道，新鲜的湿润粉糊在屠宰台上等待。