The Traveler's Lunchboxhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/Food, Travel...and more Fooden-US2010-03-10T18:32:42ZSquarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)The Italian Farmer's Tablehttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2010/3/2/the-italian-farmers-table.htmlmelissa2010-03-02T17:19:09Zleast another month of winter to endure, possibly two if we get really unlucky. And I'm not putting my money on luck after the winter we've had, in Europe the coldest for 50 years. 50 years, can you imagine? Here in Germany snow fell almost uninterruptedly from mid-December until about a week ago (and is falling again as of about five minutes ago! grrrr...). Poor Lily must think she's been exiled to Siberia, out of the frying pan and into the freezer. Not long ago I stepped outside and realized I had forgotten what it felt like to walk on surfaces not covered with ice.]]>For the One You Tarthttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2010/2/12/for-the-one-you-tart.htmlmelissa2010-02-12T09:29:00Zdefinitely not buying into the holiday hype, some kind of celebratory treat materializes in my kitchen. Obviously I'm either an incurable romantic, or I just can't pass up an opportunity to eat chocolate. I suspect it's the latter.]]>Blog Aid for Haiti: The Cookbookhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2010/2/5/blog-aid-for-haiti-the-cookbook.htmlmelissa2010-02-05T13:19:24ZHappy New Decade, Now Pass the Pâtéhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2010/1/21/happy-new-decade-now-pass-the-pate.htmlmelissa2010-01-21T13:37:47Zdecade, actually. Has it sunk in for you yet? It hasn't for me, that's for sure. I just can't figure out where the last one escaped to. I remember my stepdad telling me when I was young that the older I got, the quicker time would seem to pass. Isn't that the truth! Every time I think about that it kind of scares me, since I'm not that old, yet the years already seem to be flying by faster than I can keep track of them. But ready or not, here we are in the tens, or teens, or whatever they're going to end up being called, and despite the fact that I don't know where the past decade went, there is something undeniably exciting about facing the totally clean slate of a new one and contemplating its endless possibilities.]]>Merry Christmas, Frohe Weihnachtenhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/12/24/merry-christmas-frohe-weihnachten.htmlmelissa2009-12-24T14:07:02Zbefore Christmas?), I've decided that the best thing is to embrace both traditions, which is exactly what we'll be doing. After all, that means twice the Christmas fun!]]>Menu for Hope 6http://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/12/14/menu-for-hope-6.htmlmelissa2009-12-14T16:36:13ZComplete the following: if it's December, it must be time for...
Did you say Menu for Hope? Of course you did!
]]>What We're Thankful Forhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/11/26/what-were-thankful-for.htmlmelissa2009-11-26T11:55:00ZQ&A: The Silk Road Gourmethttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/11/10/qa-the-silk-road-gourmet.htmlmelissa2009-11-10T13:24:00ZThe Silk Road Gourmet - the first of a self-published three volume series exploring the cuisines of thirty countries along the ancient Silk Road - I couldn't hit the reply button fast enough to say yes.]]>Friends, Beets, Enemieshttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/10/20/friends-beets-enemies.htmlmelissa2009-10-20T16:12:27ZHome is Where the Cake ishttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/10/2/home-is-where-the-cake-is.htmlmelissa2009-10-02T11:17:00Ztwice - forces you to figure that out fast. I also have a heightened appreciation of the shades of gray between what I can and cannot live without. Like, I now know that I can live without a microwave but I cannot live without a set of handheld beaters, and that I prefer not to live without a salad spinner but that's it's considerably more preferable than living without a dishwasher. And as for those dwarf-sized fridges without an inbuilt freezer that I happily waved goodbye to when we left Europe, it seems I'll force my husband to drive two hours to pick up a fridge I bought on ebay rather than live with one of those again, even if it was provided free with our apartment. But that's not being unreasonable, is it?]]>Hello, Deutschlandhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/9/8/hello-deutschland.htmlmelissa2009-09-08T15:45:22ZSatays, Staff of Lifehttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/8/11/satays-staff-of-life.htmlmelissa2009-08-12T01:20:27ZCulture Shockhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/7/26/culture-shock.htmlmelissa2009-07-26T16:31:16Zricotta, and now I'm encouraging the good people of Seattle to make butter - cultured butter, no less. Watch out, next thing you know I'll be telling you to adopt your own cow.]]>10 Great Things to Do (and Eat) on PEIhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/7/8/10-great-things-to-do-and-eat-on-pei.htmlmelissa2009-07-08T20:06:05Zculinary one.]]>On the Roadhttp://www.travelerslunchbox.com/journal/2009/6/26/on-the-road.htmlmelissa2009-06-26T11:32:07Z