I don't normally write about things like the death of celebrities, but when I woke up this morning to an email saying that James Gandolfini had died, it made me stop and think. I grew up watching The Sopranos, a show that provided a glimpse in to the mysterious world of the Italian mafia --... Continue Reading →
serbian food, belgrade restaurants
I recently had my first taste of Serbian food -- and it was delicious. We went to this hole-in-the-wall place downtown that Grant had previously been to, and as we were on the early side, we had the place nearly to ourselves. We had the very traditional, very Serbian ćevapi. Grilled ground meat, but nothing like... Continue Reading →
naša prva nedelja u beogradu (our first week in belgrade)
Although it seemed as if United Airlines did everything in its power to keep us from getting here, we made it! (More on how awful United is later; I promise this won't be a ranting post.) We've been pretty busy since we arrived, too. We got in last Thursday afternoon, and after being shown our... Continue Reading →
breaded roast pork loin with garlic and herbs
When we go shopping for groceries, sometimes I'm really good about planning the menu ahead of time, and sometimes we just grab things -- a pork loin here, chicken breasts there -- and say we'll come up with a recipe later. This roast pork loin was one of the former. I hunted around for a... Continue Reading →
housing in belgrade
So it finally happened: we found out where we will be living for the next two years! One of the many perks of Foreign Service life is that we are usually assigned housing from a pool of properties owned or rented by the US government. The size of one's house depends on the availability and... Continue Reading →
kitchen cables 