The Traveler's Lunchboxhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/Food, Travel...and more Fooden-US2009-07-05T21:33:54ZSquarespace Site Server v5.5.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/)On the Roadhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/6/26/on-the-road.htmlmelissa2009-06-26T11:32:07ZRicotta in Printhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/5/31/ricotta-in-print.htmlmelissa2009-05-31T17:04:39ZBrown Butter Blisshttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/5/27/brown-butter-bliss.htmlmelissa2009-05-27T15:00:00Zreally feel about it? No? Oh good, I'm glad there are still some secrets between us.]]>5 Things for Springhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/5/12/5-things-for-spring.htmlmelissa2009-05-12T02:13:54ZA Cordial Affairhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/4/21/a-cordial-affair.htmlmelissa2009-04-21T20:22:00ZOeufs of Marchhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/3/31/oeufs-of-march.htmlmelissa2009-03-31T20:32:00ZWhat Not to Do With Meyer Lemonshttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/2/23/what-not-to-do-with-meyer-lemons.htmlmelissa2009-02-23T23:23:00ZThe Great Spaghetti Compromisehttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/2/1/the-great-spaghetti-compromise.htmlmelissa2009-02-01T23:04:41Ztrattoria in northern Italy, a wrinkled old grandmother in the kitchen, a lot of hand gestures and an almost-illegible recipe scribbled on an empty flour sack. But then I thought better of it. No, it's better you know the truth, that where this dish really has its origins is in stubbornness, intolerance, and marital discord, with a little bit of curry thrown in for good measure. But don't worry, it has a happy ending regardless.]]>Squashed Resolvehttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/1/14/squashed-resolve.htmlmelissa2009-01-14T22:56:22ZFudge and Falling Snowhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2008/12/20/fudge-and-falling-snow.htmlmelissa2008-12-20T16:43:00ZWhen I was a kid, there was nothing I wanted more than a white Christmas. Not pink leg warmers, not the latest Debbie Gibson album, and not even a stonewashed denim jacket were higher on my list than waking up on Christmas morning to a world clothed in white. Year after year I went to bed on Christmas Eve praying with all my might for a meteorological miracle (after all, it happened all the time in the movies!), but sadly those balmy California skies never took pity on me, and by the time I finally did get my white Christmas - in Germany, more than a decade later - it was nice, but not nearly as heart-stoppingly wonderful as it surely would have been when I was young.]]>Top Cookbooks of 2008http://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2008/12/11/top-cookbooks-of-2008.htmlmelissa2008-12-11T15:03:00ZPerfect Pecan Piehttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2008/11/24/perfect-pecan-pie.htmlmelissa2008-11-24T08:11:00Zthree days away and and here I am, bringing you a recipe at the eleventh hour when surely your menu was set in stone weeks ago (it was...wasn't it?). The problem, if you must know, is that I've been having a hard time formulating a balanced, diplomatic description of its merits, something that doesn't start with 'dispose of any other pecan pie recipes currently in your possession', but I don't seem to be able to, so I hope you'll forgive me when I tell you that is exactly what you should do.]]>Poulet and Presidentshttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2008/11/7/poulet-and-presidents.htmlmelissa2008-11-07T18:06:00Zcafe au lait, and walked out without my purse. What's more, I didn't even notice until eight o'clock that night when our phone rang and it was one of the staff calling from my cell phone to let me know someone had handed it in.]]>The Year of Jamhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2008/10/25/the-year-of-jam.htmlmelissa2008-10-25T22:45:00ZAll Spiced Uphttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2008/10/8/all-spiced-up.htmlmelissa2008-10-08T20:15:13Zthat one. The one that was - despite the inconvenience of never being able to find what I was looking for, and of poorly-closed bags of cinnamon and sesame seeds slowly leaking their contents into the bottom of the bowl, and of frequently opting to buy a new bag of something rather than go through the effort of seeing if I already had it - the best system for storing and organizing spices I could find.]]>