u/Galacticlightbeam

I always have trouble sourcing ingredients here in Buffalo for making traditional dishes from my culture. I’ve been craving tamales de elote which traditionally uses white corn. Does anyone know where I might be able to find some in the area? TIA

I am currently a student in a community college graduating with my associates in Dietetics next week and then transferring to a four year college for the fall. The program I’m transferring to is a combined bachelor’s/ master’s program but to get into the master’s portion, I’d have to apply for it around December of this year and have two letters of recommendation.

I’m worried that since I will be new to the school, I won’t have enough time for my new professors to get to know me to be able to ask them for letter or recommendation. At my current school, I took chem I and chem II with the same professor and did really well in her class ending with a 98 average but I didn’t really talk to her much. It’s a small class so she knows who I am but I haven’t formed a relationship with her really but I did well in her class and I’m interested in doing research in dietetics so I feel like a letter from her would be valuable.

Is it appropriate to ask her for a letter if I haven’t interacted with her much? If not, since it’s so early and I don’t have to apply until December how would I go about asking her? Would I just go to one of her last office hours and ask if I can reach out to her in the future for a letter so she’s prepared? Would I email her some time in the summer for one? I’m a first generation student and my parents aren’t immigrants so I’m doing all this alone and for the first time, I’m kind of lost on what to do here. Thank you for your help!