An Expatriate's Culinary Journey from the Argentine Pampas to the Minnesotan Prairie
Winter is finally over! We got the last flurries this week, and they melted mid-morning under the early spring sunrise. I spotted the first burgundy-purple sprouts of tulip leaves timidly rising among winter’s carcass of dead leaves. How wonderful it is to see the thaw after the long winter and gradually get ready to sprout [...]
When I was in my teens, I had the privilege of going to Europe. Being an avid reader, I had read many novels that took place in European cities like Paris, London, and Rome, but I think until that trip, the beauty of those European places was almost fictional in my mind. I hadn’t [...]
It’s almost Thanksgiving! One of the national holidays in the United States that commemorates the Pilgrims' first successful harvest thanks to the help from the Native Americans, and while no record exists of that first Thanksgiving’s menu, we know that the table was covered with dishes of poultry, corn, pumpkins, and squashes that were most [...]
Every spring, I’m obsessed with the beautiful pastel colors blooming in the garden, and I somehow want to capture all the beauty and intoxicating scents of spring. Lilacs are one of my favorites because they have such a wonderfully sweet, nostalgic perfume, and I have so many good memories associated with them from Louisa May [...]
Do you guys remember when, back in the day, you could take a long plane ride to the other side of the world and they would serve you snacks and dinner in cute little trays fitted with tiny plates and cutlery? Oh, how I miss those days! The days when we were all free to [...]
Carol's Baking adventures 