Category: Food
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Looking Cool in Paris while Tossing Fish
When I was 24 I guilted my mom into going to Paris with me. It was my second international trip. (My first being a trip right after college graduation with Shaun and this poor schnook who life’s ambition was to become Amish.) I had been living in Berkeley for 3 years by then and I…
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The Swiss Family Carlson Mom makes Apfelstrudel
Also known to us Americans as Apple Strudel. A loooong time ago I went to visit my friend Ginnie in Vienna. While I was there I picked up this tiny little cookbook called Austrian Specialties. There are lots of handy recipes in this short 80-page cookbook and it has my go-to recipe for goulash. Most…
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Epiphany!
It’s Epiphany. The holiday where the Magi showed up and gave Jesus presents of gold, frankincense and myrrh, not the sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience. (Thank you, Websters.) It was always an overlooked holiday in…
Mindy Carlson 