Tag: Food
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Cooking Like an Immigrant in My New Life Abroad
Yesterday afternoon as I was stirring a pot of fragrant black beans, the main course for our afternoon meal (I still don’t know if I should call it late lunch or early dinner) I realized that despite the fact that I have now lived in Spain for over six months, I am still cooking like…
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Life Lessons from Breakfast Served Around the World
Hello Meltingpot Community, If I made a list of some of my favorite things in the world, children, breakfast foods and international travel would all be in the the top-ten. For me, one of the hidden blessings of the pandemic is that I get to spend more time with my children and my breakfast game…
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Can A Vegetarian Lifestyle Save the Planet?
Hello Meltingpot Community, I’ve been thinking a lot about food lately. Why? Because living through a global pandemic with three children – two ginormous teen boys and a deceptively small, eight-year-old with a massive appetite – has me preparing food, cooking food, and shopping for food on a 24-hour cycle that seems unrelenting. Luckily, I…
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Ms. Meltingpot’s Five Favorite Soups for Sick Days
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I’m sick. *waaahhh* I woke up with a sore throat yesterday and by last night, I was an achy, snotty mess. Needless to say, I wasn’t even thinking about making dinner, instead I asked el esposo to pick up some soup. More specifically, I wanted Ramen from this new Ramen bar, not…
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From the Archives: Swapping Black History Month for Black “Cool” Month
Hi Meltingpot Readers, It’s officially Black History Month. Back in 2010, I wrote the following post about how I think Black History Month should be celebrated. While I received a fair amount of comments and the piece was actually picked up by Forbes.com, my suggestions for honoring my people didn’t take off like gangbusters. And…
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Breakfast, Kids and International Flavors
Hi Meltingpot Readers, If you could sum up Ms. Meltingpot’s favorite things in the world, children, breakfast foods and international travel would probably make the top-ten list. Well, the New York Times combined these three things in stupendous photo essay this week called, “What Kids Around the World Eat for Breakfast” in their Sunday magazine.…
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Soul Food: Deconstructed & Delicious
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Sometimes I really love my job as a writer and cultural thinker. It sounds very nebulous to describe myself that way and granted, there’s not a lot of money in the business of thinking and talking, but it does provide some wonderful opportunities. Like last night. I had the honor of playing…
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Look What I Bought!
Hi Meltingpot Readers, All summer long, I was trying to teach my kids the value of money. So, we literally saved every penny we found on the street with the goal of purchasing something we all really wanted. Once you start looking, it’s amazing how many people walk over money in the street…if it’s a…
