April 16, 2007

Tom Yam: ต้มยำ

With the weather being fantastically beautiful in Germany, it's hard to think about soup. Especially one that makes you sweat! But I can't pass up giving you this recipe that I learned at the Thai Farm Cooking School in...
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March 10, 2007

A short word from Thailand

I have a break from the travel routine and decided to take a moment to let everyone know I'm alive and well. Internet access has been difficult, not because of a lack of internet stations but because they charge by...
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December 28, 2006

Buon Natale!

Hi everyone - I apologize for not posting sooner but I've had a surprise up my sleeve for the past week or so and could not post anything about where I would be for Christmas! In absolute, unbelievable secrecy,...
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June 18, 2006

sunday markets

Drove to the other side of the lake for the Sunday market in Bauduen; we looked at beautiful carpets. Riez market: this was a special market day; we ran into town to pick up a few things and were...
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June 17, 2006

moon over provence

Carsten took this shot of the moon from the house in Provence. He's taken some amazing photographs over the past two weeks...they easily surpass the postcards for sale in the local shops. Photo is courtesy and copyright of Carsten...
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June 16, 2006

aperitifs

We invited Simone and Carsten over for aperitifs and nibbles (I love this French habit!). They are the sweetest pair and so enjoyable to be around. On the menu, slightly-steamed carrots and green beans, and radishes with aoili; provencal olives;...
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June 13, 2006

keeping you posted

Last night, we drove to Greoux for Aioli but the restaurant was closed. We drove back to Montagnac and split a Moules Frites instead. Yum. We drove around Lake Sainte Croix today. There are so many beautiful vistas. The...
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June 11, 2006

Mas Provence

Life has changed in the past week...time is doled out by a church tower instead of a clock. I have a country-side at my door and a lake to sit by while the dogs swim for sticks. We eat...
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May 29, 2006

Agnellini Pasquali e più

(Easter Lamb and more) I know, my posting frequency has been more than poor lately. I still have stuff to post about Tenerife, and now I've been to Sicily as well. You know how it gets when you're backlogged. Overwhelming....
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April 14, 2006

A quick hello from Sicily!

Need I say more?...
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April 2, 2006

Tenerife 2 - Casa Rural Ida

I was quite happy, surprised, and pleased as we pulled our green (and unknowingly cursed) Fiat Punto into the small, gravel parking lot, and looked up at the tidy collection of canarian-style bungalows clustered above us. They were painted...
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March 23, 2006

Tenerife

Hi! I've been absent quite awhile, I know. I took a little break from life and went to Tenerife (North). I specify North because the South is a hot, unchanging concrete desert with nothing much to recommend it unless...
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September 20, 2005

A Post From Somewhere Other Than The Face Of The Earth

It probably seems that I've dropped into a black hole, but I am in fact in the U.S. -- the past two weeks were a whirlwind, with my brother getting married on September 9, and then a trip to Virginia....
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June 3, 2005

Tirol

As the weather was *perfect*, we took advantage of a Thursday holiday (and Friday "bridge" day) to zip down to Tirol. The area is rimmed with Alps and studded with emerald green lakes, not to mention the clear, cold rivers...
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February 3, 2005

Picnic at Finca El Rincon

Picnic in Eden
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June 27, 2004

vacation: cooking in Italy

Hello! I am back from the Lago di Garda in Italy. We had an apartment so I did a lot of cooking...eating out all the time can get expensive, as you know. We usually ate breakfast at home, on...
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