April 29, 2013 Mikel is out of town and I’m being really lazy about everything, though I did make a soup with these lovely, locally foraged greens — wild sorrel, wild garlic (one of several types, this one is all about the delicately-garlic-flavored leaves — the utter opposite of ramps!), and stinging nettles. I simply added them all to rabbit stock and then pureed it, swirling in some of the amazing local yogurt before...
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April 22, 2013 Today is Earth Day, and a beautiful one it is here in Bulgaria. I have not been blogging because I am fairly inundated with not only preparations to move to China, but also with the many hassles that the theft of my wallet — and all the documents therein — has presented me. We’ve had an insanely gray and wet spring here in Bulgaria, but the flowering bushes and trees are falling into line in the glorious spring...
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At the end of February, I went to the States for 10 days to participate in the Charleston Wine & Food Festival and to visit family and friends. Here I am (photo, left) with Katie Norris of the Junior League of Charleston, whose Charleston Receipts is one of the best community cookbooks ever assembled, continuously in print since it was publishe din 1950. At the remarkable Thomas Rose house, I signed copies of my lowcountry book. We served my...
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February 18, 2013 I’ve been going back through Facebook and pulling photos to write about. Here’s the classic French dish, Lapin à la Moutarde (Rabbit in Mustard Sauce, also called Lapin à la Dijonnaise, Rabbit in the Dijon style). It’s actually a very easy recipe to prepare, made even more so for me because I found big, meaty frozen rabbit legs from France. This is classic French fare, found in both country kitchens and...
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February 14, 2013 Mikel is out of town on Valentine’s Day. It seems that we often are apart on holidays and birthdays. I don’t know when I’ve spent my birthday with him. I’ve been weaning myself from Facebook, where I have posted nearly 10,000 photos — much of them food. I browsed through them this morning and came across this cheesecake I made for our wedding anniversary last year. Our anniversary is in April, but...
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February 13, 2014 Razor Clams! My Bulgarian is not good; in fact, it’s almost nonexistent. My husband is out of town for a few days and I’m trying to blog more, drink less, get some exercise, and study Mandarin. Yesterday, though, I got a call from a potential buyer of our car and he sounded really serious, and wants to come by today to look at it (we certainly won’t be taking a car to China!), so I went out to run a few...
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