Mindy Carlson

Sweet Bretzels: The cookie that almost beat me

By now all of you know how much I love to bake. It’s calming and therapeutic for me to cream together butter and sugar with eggs and then mix in flour to form any number of cookies or cakes. I get it from my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. My DNA isn’t pairs of ATGC like…

Mindy Carlson

May 24, 2015

Food, Homemaking

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The Swiss Family Carlson goes to St. Gallen!

Book-ending our day trip to Liechtenstein was a casual tour of St. Gallen. The longer we are here the more we love exploring the small towns of Switzerland. Each town has its own flavor and feel. Each town and hamlet specializes in different architecture, music, foods, wines, and cheeses. (Cheese is more than just a…

Mindy Carlson

May 22, 2015

The Swiss Family Carlson

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The Swiss Family Carlson goes to Liechtenstein!

This is turning into a 3 part series. I just took too many pictures of Liechtenstein and St. Gallen to fit it into a single post. Stay tuned next time to see the amazing library at St. Gallen. But until then… Liechtenstein! I mean who actually goes to Liechtenstein?? This family, that’s who! And it’s…

Mindy Carlson

May 19, 2015

The Swiss Family Carlson

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