Tag: The Swiss Family Carlson

• The Swiss: Neutral but Prepared

  I’ve said before that the Swiss may be neutral, but they are most definitely prepared. For example, all buildings  built after 1945 (including our apartment) have nuclear fallout bomb shelters.  It really all comes out of their World War II experience. This idea all came together for me during a tour of a glass-blowing factory…

  Mindy Carlson

  June 9, 2015

  The Swiss Family Carlson

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• 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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