I’m sitting at home in my pajamas, looking expectantly out the window and waiting for the heavens to open and pour out this supposedly massive snowfall in the forecast. So far nothing’s happening, but I sure hope it does, because it will give me an excuse to decline all social invitations and take part in [...]
Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
Where’s this blizzard?
Posted in Food, free time, winter on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Days of Wine and Lettuce
Posted in America, Bulgaria, Food on December 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ok, so I don’t have any wine, but I do have lettuce! One of my post-BG life resolutions is to eat primarily in-season produce. It tastes better (nothing is worse than tomatoes in January), is cheaper, and is better for the environment. Still… Lettuce season, for those of you who may not be aware (as [...]
Personal Space
Posted in Bulgaria, conversations, Food, Language on November 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There are several advantages to living in a village. Most everything you need is in walking distance. The scenery is a lot more pleasant than in the larger towns and cities (two mountain ranges, plenty of bench-sitting babas, and a veritable zoo of free-range chickens, goats, and cows wandering the streets versus a sea of [...]
Victory
Posted in Bulgaria, Food, Soviet Death Appliances on October 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Soviet Death Oven suffered a crushing defeat at the oven mitts of yours truly. It was close for awhile, but I triumphed in the end. I finally got around to making those scones I mentioned previously. As always, they started getting burned after five minutes in the oven. I took them out and stuck [...]
October Vibes
Posted in awesomeness, Bulgaria, Food, vibes on October 1, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I don’t think I’d ever seen a leek before I came to this country. But here I am with my new purchase. I’m going to make potato and leek soup and maybe some cinnamon raisin scones with the raisins from the awesome packages my mom sent me (which were amazing. Thanks, Liz!) since I may [...]
Pierogi
Posted in America, fitness, Food on August 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’ve had a hankering (yes, a hankering) for pierogi lately. I thought I would try to find a YouTube video with a recipe and instructions. I found the following. Only in Pittsburgh would this happen. Just in case it is not clear from the video, this is, indeed, a clip of people dressed in giant [...]
Cooking
Posted in Food, Soviet Death Appliances, vibes on June 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I thought Amy’s question about cooking warrants an entry of its own. I will get to the other questions (though, Liz, I gotta say I might not be answering all your questions. Sorry. ) The question: How has your cooking style evolved or changed? The short answer: I never used to cry over my failure [...]
Gettin’ Clean
Posted in Food, resolutions on March 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Is it possible to go through banitsa withdrawal? After noticing the appalling effects of eating this addictive pastry an average of 3-5 times weekly for the last two weeks, I decided to go on banitsa strike until further notice. I am calling it, “Operation-Get-Andrea’s-Ass-Looking-Better-For-Summer.” The results are amazing: after four days, my pants are actually [...]
