Father was a physician, but reluctant to prescribe medicine if not absolutely necessary. We were a tough bunch of kids and did not succumb too often to the common cold. On the rare occasions that a viral or bacterial infection got the best of us, we surrendered unwillingly, fighting every step, unless of course, it [...]
I have been on a serious German kick lately. Our eternally blue California skies become speckled with fleecy white clouds and I start thinking stews, and dumplings, and root vegetables. I talk to my sister on Skype over the ululating sirens of the Frankfurt Fire Station #39 located across from their apartment building and I envision [...]
I left the Orange County on Friday, apprehensive (the Beasties had to spend the weekend cleaning their room thoroughly, without my supervision) and excited (am I really going to be gone for almost four whole days?) Since I arrived, there was no time to write a post. But the photos should tell the story. Bookmark [...]
A few I years back, I came across a Time magazine photo gallery entitled What the World Eats, from the book Hungry Planet. Photographer, Peter Menzel, and writer, Faith D’Alusio (a husband and wife team), documented weekly food expenditures for thirty families all over the world. The photos showed each family with all the food [...]
This morning I awoke in a state of panic. I rustled the pillows away and looked at the clock. 8:30. I wanted to relax and surrender myself to the last remains of slumber, but it was not meant to be. For some reason I felt guilty for sleeping so late. My heart was going to [...]
sarma simmering We grew up in the 60s and the 70s eating only locally grown and seasonal food. Not by choice. Real food was abundant and available. The “exotic” food still did not make its appearance at the grocery stores. We lived in the city and did not grow our own produce, but the market [...]
I never thought I would have children. I felt somewhat detached from my siblings in our early days, even though all three of us were born within four years. I learned to read when I was four, and was drawn to books more then to the kids my age. I was shy and awkward around [...]
Sorry to disappoint the fans, but the King will not be taking the stage in this Pre-Fathers’ Day Drama. An employee’s father went berserk today at work, throwing us all off kilter and causing some outrageous emotional responses. He walked in riled up, with his daughter in tow. Unbeknownst to them, she was scheduled for [...]
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