food and life in the foreign service
The other day after class, Grant and I went back to the apartment, ate lunch, and began checking things off the to do list. We picked up a package at the front desk (the loaf pan, muffin tin, and cooling racks I decided we could no longer do without), took Scarlett for a nice walk,... Continue Reading →
One great thing about the Foreign Service is that we're meeting people from all over the world. Last week, a woman with whom I worked in Tashkent was in town visiting and she invited us over to her friend's house for plov. Plov is the national dish of Uzbekistan and it is similar to a rice pilaf.... Continue Reading →
One of the inevitabilities of foreign service life is moving, and lots of it. We've already moved to a different continent and back, and we're doing the same in May: three continents in the first two years of our marriage! As if we wanted more, after moving to Oakwood Falls Church in the beginning of... Continue Reading →
Having grown up in New Jersey, that meant summers full of fresh fruits and vegetables (New Jersey is, after all, the Garden State!). There are a number of things New Jersey does particularly well: blueberries, corn, and tomatoes are the big three. We always had corn or tomatoes at dinner every night during the summer... Continue Reading →
Unfortunately for Scarlett, our floor is not made of dirt: she tries to hide and/or bury her bones and treats, and we finally got a video of one of her more successful attempts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qN92BrcnLw&feature=youtu.be
kitchen cables 