Honoring the food of my readers: Israeli falafel and ptitim salad

Falafel. Glorious falafel. Although Egypt can be credited as the origin of this dish, I believe falafel is a true Israeli national dish. I served this with a salad and you can have them in a pita if you are bread kings and queens like my kiddos. These particular falafel really celebrate sesame seeds and …

Honoring the food of my readers: French Crêpes

Vive la France. Growing up in England, we could go to France fairly easily just across the channel. My first trip abroad was to France when I was just a tiny baby. I even learnt French in school and could still probably pick it back up if necessary. Lark's middle name is a French one …

Honoring the food of my readers: Kazakh Shalgam

Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked nation, geographically split bridging continental Europe and Asia. This intercontinental trait has enhanced and enriched the culture of this Eurasian country. This duality along with the traditional nomadic lifestyle of historic Kazakhstan has influenced the cuisine. Lacking access to human food grade horse meat meant that I couldn't make …

My new writing spot

Last week, when Fitche climbed out of her cot for the first time, I decided to do a little rework and haul furniture from room to room. I took the nursing chair and footstool out of their room to make space for the trundle bed to pull out, and, in about another 3 or 4 …

Honoring the food of my readers: Czech Svíčková

Truth prevails - the motto of the Czech republic. The truth is that I don't know much about this European nation. Prague is a pretty popular holiday location for young Britons thesedays, so I have seen many photos of the impressive Bohemian architecture on the Facebook. It looks like a very beautiful country. As for …

Honoring the food of my readers: Portuguese Francesinha

Portugal is the first country in this series so far that I have actually visited myself. This Mediterranean nation has a lot of beautiful coastline and other extraordinary geographic marvels. I could have picked any number of fish dishes, but I decided to go with a popular street food. Sandwiches are fantastic. I just rediscovered …

Honoring the food of my readers: Mexican Chiles en Nogada

This was a fun and easy dinner for us to prepare and enjoy together. Hart really likes bell peppers so he thoroughly appreciated our variation on this nation's dish. Growing up in England, I was very much so not exposed to Mexican food. We would make chicken fajitas at home using a popular brand kit …