Food
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Thai Rice Soup (Khao Tom)
This dreamy Thai Rice Soup is the perfect dish to warm you up.
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One Day in Paris
What would you do if you only had one day in Paris? When I knew my husband and I were going to be in France for a week in late March and that we would only have one day in Paris, I started researching and dreaming. I had been to Paris twice before, once as a seventeen-year-old high school student on a class trip, and again in my early twenties with a heavy backpack on my back, and only a few hours before I caught a train to Le Havre to take the ferry to Ireland. Both trips were quick and furious, and mostly what I remembered was one crowded,…
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Perfect Wintry Cocktail
It’s perfectly chillllllly up here in Maine. Brrrrrrrr!!! I love winter, and I love the snow, which is a good thing, because we’ve got plenty, and it’s only December!
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Creamy Tomato Soup
Fall in New England It’s here! Almost. The grass is drying out, leaves are tipped with red, some are already bright yellow, and even though it’s still hot and sunny, I’m so ready. Ready for my first fall in New England!!!! I love every season, the changes, the newness that each one ushers in. Different menus and cravings and clothes and activities. Even fall, this season of death is so beautiful to me. I’ve lived all over the U.S. and experienced fall in all its beauty, except for fall in New England. It sounds so quaint and idyllic, doesn’t it? And I’m ready for it. Bring on the small town…
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Meringue Madness and Mini Pavlovas
Along with lots of lazy porch time, beautiful, hot weather, and delicious cocktails with friends, I’ve become sort of obsessed with making the perfect mini pavlovas this summer. This spring I was searching the baking books at our library for something I now cannot remember. To be precise, I was lost in the library. I thought I was in the section for cookbooks in this library that was new to me, but there wasn’t a cookbook in sight. It was all old baking books. Nine months I’ve been here and I still haven’t quite figured out how our library is organized. Surrounded by thick old tomes, some of which even…
