Growing up in a family of six kids meant a lot of hungry mouths to feed! My mom's delicious cooking really whetted my appetite to create meals as yummy as hers (my dad had a few tricks up his sleeve too), but it wasn't until I was living on my own that I began to cook... Read more.
A few months ago, I spent some time doing volunteer work in Kenya through the volunteer agency International Volunteer HQ. I stayed with a Kenyan family and volunteered at an orphanage, Internally Displaced Persons camps, and with the Masai (warrior tribes in Kenya). It was an extremely moving experience. Read more.
Salads are so versatile: side salads, entree salads, appetizer salads, the salad course, salads with fruit, salads with protein, roasted veggie salads, potato salad, pasta salads, Spring salads, and here, Fall salad with a beautiful maple vinagrette. This was a big hit at my Hallowe’en murder mystery dinner party; I put out a huge bowl and had to refill it mid-way through the evening.
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