Bringing food to a potluck can take us all out of our comfort zone. We’re left without our own oven, our favorite knife, or our counter space. Timing a dish perfectly in someone else’s kitchen can feel like a high wire act.
One of the first jobs I had was as a telemarketer in New York City. I worked in a large downtown building in a vast room filled with young people making phone calls from lists torn out of the phone book.
German cuisine has an unfortunate reputation. Best known for huge plates of meat and mounds of pickled cabbage and dumplings, it’s often considered to have an obsession with all things pork.
Looking for something different to serve for your next party? Stepping away from the usual appetizers like stuffed mushrooms and scallops wrapped in bacon that I often encounter at social events, I like to serve up some Portuguese flavors.
The impending birth of my daughter’s first child makes me nostalgic about how holidays and special events were marked by my Latvian mother and father. The first order of business: Bake the pirags!*
My oldest daughter was married this past summer. The big event took place in Maine – a state of special significance for the newlyweds, as they’d met there, and for our family, as it is where three generations have enjoyed our summer cottage.
Bringing food to a potluck can take us all out of our comfort zone. We’re left without our own oven, our favorite knife, or our counter space. Timing a dish perfectly in someone else’s kitchen can feel like a high wire act.
One of the first jobs I had was as a telemarketer in New York City. I worked in a large downtown building in a vast room filled with young people making phone calls from lists torn out of the phone book.
German cuisine has an unfortunate reputation. Best known for huge plates of meat and mounds of pickled cabbage and dumplings, it’s often considered to have an obsession with all things pork.
Looking for something different to serve for your next party? Stepping away from the usual appetizers like stuffed mushrooms and scallops wrapped in bacon that I often encounter at social events, I like to serve up some Portuguese flavors.
The impending birth of my daughter’s first child makes me nostalgic about how holidays and special events were marked by my Latvian mother and father. The first order of business: Bake the pirags!*
My oldest daughter was married this past summer. The big event took place in Maine – a state of special significance for the newlyweds, as they’d met there, and for our family, as it is where three generations have enjoyed our summer cottage.
