An Expatriate's Culinary Journey from the Argentine Pampas to the Minnesotan Prairie
Last week, Dan and I celebrated our anniversary! I can’t believe how time has flown by and how many different things we have shared together since then, including moving in together, planting a garden, being there for each other through the ups and downs of life and career, and surviving a pandemic. Dan and I [...]
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 week, we eagerly anticipate the arrival of Friday. TGIF! We all need a way to celebrate the end of the working week, and going back to my high school days, Friday was the day I did something low key with my friends, completely forgetting about school and homework, chatting about the week, laughing, and [...]
Carol's Baking adventures 