Lemongrass Chicken (for my mama)
I make lemongrass chicken almost every week: it’s healthy (for most diets), inexpensive, easy, and delicious. I was fortunate to spend some time in Vietnam, and I fell in love […]
Trout Fishing at the Lagoon
There is a Lagoon behind our house with ducks, geese, swans, and a lot of the cool birds that fly around New Zealand. Because it’s spring here, there are lots […]
Halloween in New Zealand
So Halloween, although known about and beloved by many around the (Western) world, is not so popular anywhere except the U.S. Given that, I was a bit saddened by the […]
Sweet, sweet limes, how I sourly miss you
As most of you know, the food categories in our regular diet are Latin and Asian, specifically Cuban, Mexican, Vietnamese, Thai, Indian, and the occasional splash of Korean and Chinese. […]
The Farmers Market
Apologies to those of you who have seen or heard about most of this already, but I am posting it here again in another form as it is a good […]
Umberto’s First Week of School
The rumors are true: the children are REQUIRED to go barefoot at school. Really. Umberto loves this, and he does come home with less stinky feet. He has made friends […]
