This spring, I had the incredible opportunity to serve on a volunteer/ministry team on a trip to Pilar, Argentina. I have been an adjunct faculty member at my alma mater in the Department of Communication for six years (teaching PR writing and occasional other courses) and I was thrilled to be invited by the department…
Tag: Food
Book Review: The Writer’s Table — Famous Authors and Their Favourite Recipes
Why I was interested in this book The Writer’s Table caught my eye as I wandered through Anthropologie on a sunny Sunday afternoon. I really had no business buying anything that day, let alone a coffee table book, but the book’s concept & design were really captivating. I own quite a few art books that…
Book Review: Bite by Bite
I was enamored with Aimee Nezhukumatathil ‘s book of essays World of Wonders a few years ago when I was gifted a copy, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants style. I was encouraged to read the book, then write a little note in the front cover and pass it on to someone who I thought would…
Expanded List: Kitchen Equipment
Inarguably, humans must eat to survive. That is a fact. But to eat, you don’t necessarily ever have to cook. Sadly, the avoidance of the kitchen and its equipment is to miss some great opportunities of adventure and discovery. As I previously wrote in Essential Equipment, there are some things that I believe are non-negotiables…
Spaghetti on Fire
The world doesn’t need more cookbooks, although that’s a moot point because every chef has their own style and methods for creating delicious things to eat and drink. There are endless recipes that can (and should!) be written down. Perhaps a more accurate blanket statement is that the world does need more home chefs who…
Paris, France | 2023
Our entrance into Paris was somewhat less triumphant than we would have liked as one of our students was left behind in Germany—unfortunate moment as a group leader involving an unexpected change in train platforms, some AirPods and an incorrect assumption that everyone made the mad dash across the station. Fortunately, everything worked out as…
L.M.Beatty 