Category: food

Be careful who your friends are

We arrived at the countryside late Friday afternoon and were set free to explore until dinnertime. Kami and I headed out, excited to have dirt instead of concrete below our feet. On the way we encountered Seth and… Read More

Comfort food

This photo was not taken recently. It was taken in the sunny, warm, beautiful land of Thailand, where signs of life and growth abounded. There is no sign of life round these parts yet. In fact, it snowed… Read More

Sunday Snapshot: Adventures in Dining

Last night, a group of students came over to cook for me. Having students cook is always a bit frightening, as there’s no telling what might appear on the table. There is also no telling what state my… Read More

Communication

I’ve lived in China for six years. I’m almost finished with an entire master’s degree about communicating across cultures. I should be pretty good at cross-cultural communication by now, right? If anything, the only thing this experience and… Read More

Croutons

After a long, unexplained bout of silence, I bet you expected me to return with something a bit more profound than glorified toasted bread bits. And indeed, there has been a lot going on with the start of… Read More

Home.

This week I went from playing with baby elephants in shorts and a tank topto long underwear and crusty old gray snow. And yet, it is so good to be home. The seven weeks of travel were absolutely delightful… Read More

It’s all about the food

For those of us who live in small cities in China where the culinary options are Chinese food, Chinese food or Chinese food, Chiang Mai is a paradise for our taste buds. From Indian, to Italian, to Mexican,… Read More

Quick & Tasty

I don’t have a dishwasher. I don’t even have hot water in my kitchen. I drag it by the bucketful from the bathroom. Consequently, the mere thought of a large pile of dishes is at times enough to… Read More

That chill in the air

There has been that characteristic nip in the air for the past week.  That slight bite that brings rushes of memories of Saturdays in the Shoe watching script Ohio, the crunch of leaves under foot, and the smell of… Read More

All in a day’s “work”

Yesterday, a student called to inform me my graduate reading and writing class was canceled for today.  I don’t know why it was canceled.  I don’t know if we have to make it up.  All I know is… Read More