Are you into arts and crafts? How about food arts and crafts? Er… something like that. Anyway, there comes a time when you’re either playing an alphabet game or coming up with a craft for a letter of the alphabet and you come upon a stumbling block. OR MAYBE you’re doing a crossword puzzle or…
I absolutely LOVE international food and I CANNOT live without it! However, I’d rather eat international food than make it, to be honest. Growing up, I did not cook nor did I have a desire to learn how to cook. However, soon after graduating high school, I learned that it is a necessity and eating…
I’ve always grown up eating sweet fried plantains. I didn’t know the English name for these, however. We always called them plátanos at my house. They look like bananas, but they don’t taste like bananas. In my opinion, they are much sweeter (when consumed ripe). My mom used to either slice plantains diagonally (to increase…
Do you ever get tired of the same ole soups? Why not try something different. Say… International? What about a vegetarian soup option? Whether you are trying to implement Meatless Mondays or you’ve adopted a vegetarian lifestyle, you can never go wrong with vegetarian soups, especially during these cold winter (or fall) months we’re experiencing…
Many people do not know that food can be said with different names in different countries (Spanish-speaking countries, specifically). Growing up in Southern California, and even now sometimes, I would often get confused between the Costa Rican words I learned growing up and the Mexican words I would often hear from my Mexican friends. I’ve…
It’s that time of year! It’s currently 31 degrees here in the greater Pittsburgh area and my heater has turned on at least once already today. I already drank my fair share of teas and hot chocolates this week. Somehow my taste buds just aren’t satisfied, though. I need something more… something… something foreign. Oh,…
I remember I could NOT find any peanut butter and jelly for my peanut butter and jelly sandwich!! This happened while I was living in Costa Rica with my family while studying abroad at the local university. It had not dawned on me that peanut butter and jelly sandwiches may not have been a thing outside…