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 →
Right now, I am on what can be considered an extended home leave, in between our first post in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and language training for our second post in Belgrade, Serbia -- and it is a strange feeling. I am back in the US with our silly little Uzbek dog as my husband finishes up... Continue Reading →
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