An Expatriate's Culinary Journey from the Argentine Pampas to the Minnesotan Prairie
We are almost a week away from Chinese New Year! It is always a joyous time in our house when this holiday comes around, because it is one of our most favorite holidays, celebrated by over 1 billion people around the world. This year, Lunar New Year will start on February 1 and will conclude on [...]
We are still in the season of miracles, also known as Hanukkah! We’ve been celebrating at home since the evening of November 28 and honoring the Jewish side of our family. Every evening we tune in to the live stream of Temple Israel and get to share with our community.Hanukkah is one of the holidays I [...]
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 [...]
I am the world’s largest consumer of lemons—at least, that’s what Dan used to tell me when we first started dating. I love the sour, acidic, punchy notes of lemon peel and lemon juice, and a lot of the things I make rely on citrus, and of all the citrus fruits, lemon is definitely my [...]
Last autumn, I was trying to expand my repertoire of recipes that include floral flavors. While this is an easier task in spring and summer, when all fields and gardens are in bloom, there are not as many floral varieties that are thriving and blooming in the fall months of September and October. But chrysanthemums [...]
Carol's Baking adventures 