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recipes, adventures & herbal inspiration

Happy Strolling and Guyanese Wedding Feast Curry
by Krista | Apr 23, 2010 | Fabulous Friday
Good morning, dear folks! 🙂 I am grinning so big because my gimpy knee is finally healing up after the car accident and I'm able to start taking real walks again. HOORAY! 🙂 Earlier this week I headed out on a particularly blustery day and to my delight found a...
Russian Dreams and Tilapia Babka
by Krista | Apr 22, 2010 | Plucky Thursday
I suppose it may be revisiting Slovenia that has me craving Eastern European food these days. Or perhaps it's the gray skies and rainy days of a Washington spring. Whatever the reason, my fridge is now filled with cabbage, beets and fish, my pantry stocked with...
Purty Things and Black Bean Pumpkin Soup with Cinnamon and Ginger
by Krista | Apr 21, 2010 | Compatriot Wednesday
It's been a week of the most lovely surprises. 🙂 My friend Bekah popped by my office for a flurried visit from New York, bearing her beamiest of smiles, squeeziest of hugs, and this gorgeous little gardenia from her grandmother's garden.My dear friends Art and Donna...
Early Morning Stroll through Old Town Ljubljana
by Krista | Apr 20, 2010 | Spring
It was barely 5 o'clock in the morning when we rose bleary-eyed from our beds, packed our things and set out to explore Old Town Ljubljana in Slovenia. The streets were deserted, dusky, and still as we wended our way past restaurants, shops and graffiti. I love the...
Homemade Limoncello and Smoked Salmon with Caramelized Onions
by Krista | Apr 19, 2010 | Bootstrap Monday
I've been a huge fan of Limoncello since "Memo The Beautiful" served icy glasses to me and my friends on a sun-warmed terrace in a tiny mountain village in Italy last spring. I never thought of making it myself until I stumbled across Mary's One Perfect Bite post a...
Courage, Beauty and an Artichoke Sun-Dried Tomato Tart
by Krista | Apr 16, 2010 | Fabulous Friday
"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." Maya AngelouThis quote cheered me so much today. 🙂 The past month has been a doozy, one gutting situation after another. It's been rough but...
Surprise Flowers and Cold Cauliflower Curry with Green Peas
by Krista | Apr 15, 2010 | Plucky Thursday
We've had the most scrumptiously warm weather this week! No jackets needed, scarves removed by noon, short sleeves and breeze-catching dresses the order of the day for my afternoon walk.On the last few minutes of my walk today I rounded a corner and came face to...
Breakfast for Dinner: Lavender Nutella Crepes
by Krista | Apr 14, 2010 | Compatriot Wednesday
It was breakfast for dinner at CEC this week as we dug into gluten-free crepes filled with all manner of loveliness!! We started with glasses of sweet Spanish wine with red-pepper hummus, chips and a platter of wafer-thin, salty capicola. Cameron fried up a...
Slovenian Dinner in Ljubljana
by Krista | Apr 13, 2010 | Gulliver Tuesday
After our glorious gallivanting around Lake Bled, we piled in our 9 passenger van and drove to Ljubljana, Slovenia. As we got closer to town we realized that in all our excitement over the Julian Alps and Lake Bled, we had clean forgotten to eat lunch. We were...
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