Category: food
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Five Truly Scary Realizations About Being 30
I blinked, and suddenly it was October 31st, Halloween, and the first year I can remember in which I’ve not dressed up or attended a single party. This has always been one of my favorite holidays…I guess you can say it’s like a part of me has died*. So as I sit here in pajamas at 8:30 p.m. on…
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The Greek Table
I met Vasilis during my pre-workshop days at Archodissa. He is one of Tassos of Thassos’ best friends. They grew up in Theologos together, and he was the person who “bapticide” Tassos’ son, which means he was made the godfather. Vasilis’ voice is deep and rasps, almost as if he needs to clear his throat…
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My German Parea
Today my writing workshop will arrive to Thassos: seventeen participants and ten teachers/advisors. We will fill Archodissa with bustling activity, old friends reuniting and new friends meeting for the first time. The quiet mornings I have right now, where I sit alone on the patio typing while Dimitri sets up tables and Kyria Eva prepares…
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Me Want Cookies
Things that Santa Claus and I have in common: 1. We like soft clothing 2. We have a distinctive (and perhaps frighteningly loud) laugh 3. We can consume a staggering number of cookies in a single day Earlier this month, I was asked to do something that quintessentially was a dream come true and marked one of my…
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Milking Sheep*
Nikos the shepherd ushers me over, and I kneel beside him in the crowded sheep den, the roof so low that even I — a solid 5’2” — have to hunch over to keep from hitting my head on the ceiling. He pulls the wandering sheep by its udders, positioning her over the white plastic…
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A Day in Thassos
“For who is the greater, one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am among you as the one who serves.” Luke 22:27 It’s alive Sea urchins have just been split open like sacrifices, their insides pulled out and passed around the table. Our…
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Chomp Guide: How to #AttackTheStack
I can summarize why I go to Chomp Kitchen and Drinks in Warren, RI in one sentence: THEIR FOOD IS LIKE CRACK COCAINE. I’m not even a burger person*, but I want to eat there every night. I went once on a Sunday, and for the rest of the week, all I did was daydream about going back.…
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My Top 14 of 2014, and a side of fruit
Last week(ish), on December 21st, I was notified by WordPress that it was my 4th Year Anniversary as a blogger. Normally, I miss out this occasion. Not that I think I ought to be throwing myself parties or buying myself jewelry (or appliances), but the WordPress congratulatory note had a strange effect on me. As…
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Food: A Love Story
I am aware that today is Christmas and I should be blogging about something that is Christmas related, but I started writing this entry a month ago and would like to finish. I think of it as a gift unto myself. Tis the season, after all! So, here’s what I started way back when, sort of an…
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Italy Diaries, Part 3: “THESE are the Dolomites!”
I will refresh your memory a little since it’s been approximately four centuries since I started my Italian blogs. In parts one and two, I spoke about the awesome couch-surfing hosts I’d met who made my trip what it was (in part one, I explored Treviso and Jesolo Beach; in part two, I went to…
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