food and life in the foreign service
When I got married, one of the things my mom gave me was the "More-With-Less" Mennonite cookbook, something she and my dad had often cooked from in the early years of their marriage. Although I haven't used it nearly as much as I should have (as everything we've tried has been excellent), one of the... Continue Reading →
Just days after our arrival in Brussels, we celebrated our wedding anniversary. It blows my mind at just how much we have done in our first four years of marriage, especially the big things like getting Scarlett, learning a completely new language, living in four countries on three different continents (and all the headaches and... Continue Reading →
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 →
If the availability of Starbucks' pumpkin spice lattes weren't enough to make one aware of the changing seasons, the advent of cool days and cooler nights certainly means autumn has arrived. In addition to layering, riding boots, and pumpkins, fall is the time to break out the big pots and begin making soup again. When... Continue Reading →
The other night, my sister Laura and I made grilled pizza for dinner, which many people never think of doing. In college, every internship I had was unpaid, but I did manage to walk away with books from every one of them. My first internship was at a magazine and one of my writing jobs... Continue Reading →
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