Sara Sarver

When it comes to meatloaf, the majority of the world’s population tends to fall into one of two camps – really like it or hate it. I don’t seem to meet very many “eh, it’s alright” kind of people, though I do know they exist… myself being one of them. So, which person are you? [...]

Having quite recently professed my preference of rice to noodles, is it hypocritical that I’ve had two posts in a row now that sing the praises of Thai noodle dishes? Nah, if you consider how many 100′s of other noodles there are out there in the Thai food world, me liking just two is no [...]

Mmmm… noodles. When I am in the mood for noodles (which doesn’t happen very often – I’m more of a rice girl), there are 3 Thai dishes I like to go for: Phat Thai, Kuay Tieaw, and Rad Naa. The last one, Rad Naa, is what I’m going to introduce you to today. Check it [...]

So, I just now realized that I didn’t get around to any posts other than my Tasty Tuesday last week. Must have been busy, right? Considering we’ve been working on the exterior portion of our house, and the fact that we had 15 people for supper on Sunday (for which I made most of the [...]

There are times when I think I should have been born in another country.  Why?  Because I either identify with a particular aspect of the culture, or I really enjoy a wide range of foods from whatever nation that may be.  Let it be known that I love pretty much any kind of Greek or [...]

Last week was limes, this week it’s lemons!  Glorious, yellow, tartly sweet, juicy, fragrant lemons. Can you tell I haven’t had the luxury of tasting, using, or holding a lemon in my very own hand for a while?  It’s true, over the course of 13 months living in Thailand, I have only seen lemons 3 [...]

You may remember a certain cookie that I mentioned in a previous post called Lime Meltaways.  I told you then that the recipe would follow, and today’s that day.  I don’t have pics of my own cookies, as they got packaged up too quickly last time!  So, I’ll provide you with a photo from the [...]

When residing outside your country of origin, it’s pretty interesting to see which bits of your home culture are pulled out and used to identify you by the people in other nations.  Sometimes they get it right, sometimes they don’t.  Sometimes it can make you laugh, sometimes it can make you angry.  Whatever it is, [...]

Today, we took a trip with our new friends/neighbors/Thai family to the edge of Khao Yai National Park.  It was originally a trip to look at shrubbery and flowers for our yard, as they are fellow gardeners and knew the best places with the best prices for us to see… and then it turned into [...]

Sunday afternoon, my house smelled like both a bakery and an Italian restaurant.  Why?  I spent a good portion of the day baking the cookies I told you about yesterday, as well as making a rich homemade tomato sauce for today’s lunch.  Yum. After having talked with the teachers about preparing our final meal together [...]