Gluten Free Apple Pie
What is your favorite dish? Mine is always the apple pie, and I make a mean apple pie if I do say so myself 🙂 Unfortunately, this year I had to give up gluten, so I have been attempting to replace all my favorite thanksgiving dishes non Gluten-Free (GF) items. So here is my new pie recipe! See? A blessing! I did not have to give up any of my favorite treats this year. Continue reading
Gluten Free Corn Casserole
This dish has always been a particular favorite of my family (especially me); the creaminess of the dish fits perfectly with many entrees. However, usually I would just use butter, cream cheese, milk, and Jiffy Mix. This year, in replacing my dishes with Gluten Free (GF) products, I had to get rid of the Jiffy Mix. Here is my replacement dish! It is delicious, and makes an absolutely marvelous holiday side. Plus, it takes about 5 minutes to make!
Postcard of Mata Hari in Paris
Passion. Intrigue. Brilliance. Power.
A woman made infamous by the international scandal of her 1917 trial and subsequent execution, Mata Hari fully embodies William Shakespeare’s statement that “God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.” Many people still remember the legends left by Mata Hari’s supposed treachery during WWI, her storied life as a spy, and her resulting death by firing squad. But few know that she was not always a woman of famed beauty, known for her ability to shock and awe. Rather, her story was quite different at the beginning . . . in a small town in the Netherlands.
Can you imagine entire lakes, rivers, and seas filled not with water, but rather mercury? Everyone knows about the glorious monument to Chinese industriousness and might–the famous Great Wall of China. However, people don’t often know about the wall’s history or the emperor who created it. Researching this topic, I was astonished to discover that the emperor who created the Great Wall also created a tomb that is almost even more fascinating.
Travelling–the great journey into the unknown. Dun dun duunnn… They tell you the world is vast, and you sort of understand that when you begin to travel. But nothing quite seems to prepare you for that first step off the runway and into a whole new world. Luckily, at least in the countries I have visited, that new world has seemed just familiar enough (they had normal American toilets and a Dunkin Donuts. . . always a plus) that I wasn’t completely dumped into culture shock.
However, I was recently asked by my supervisor to draw up some tips for fellow students visiting countries where the language is a barrier. I got to thinking about it, and I decided to focus on what I learned on my most recent visit to Korea. By miracle alone, I had the luck to be roomed with a local girl for the first two weeks, or I have no idea what I would have done. Travelling in a new country without the benefit of language proficiency is difficult, but there are a few things that can make your life so much easier.
“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city” ~ Roman Payne
Language Translation
Deceptively Blonde 