Sara Sarver

With the Chinese New Year celebrations on this side of the globe drawing to a close, this means one of my favorite treats will soon disappear – a small fritter-like snack with loads of sesame seeds on the outside and a sweet bean paste on the inside.  What’s not to love? My relationship with these [...]

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I had such great things planned for this week’s edition of Tasty Tuesday, but alas it now must wait.  I fully intended on giving you a step-by-step photo tutorial on how to make healthy homemade flour tortillas.  In fact, tonight, I taught the ladies at my school how to make these tortillas and restaurant-style salsa.  [...]

As opposed to what you may already be thinking, no, I do not turn to eating cookies as means of soothing myself and my woes.  Rather, I make them.  Cooking, baking, creating anything in the kitchen – the more details and frilly I get to be with it, the better – is my way of [...]

Mmmmm…. dragon fruit.  Perhaps one of my favorites of all tropical fruits, dragon fruit not only tastes great but it sure looks good, too.  Check it out. Although it’s bright magenta skin with green pointy scales may look frightening, the inside of this particular fruit is rather friendly.  There are 2 different types of pink [...]

We arrived back in Lopburi late this past Wednesday night from almost 2 weeks of travel, beginning with a visa run, and finishing out with a wonderful bit of rest in Southern Thailand.  The next morning, we (grudgingly) woke early to head for school and jump right back into full-on language study.  My throat was [...]