Back from Tropical Sweden
The bus driver takes one look at us with our suitcases and says, “Sorry, we don’t allow tourists on this bus.” We are astonished and I actually take a step […]
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Working at Arctic Ice Cream in Vancouver, 1951
Editor/Daughter’s Note: From my dad’s journal of memories, this story from Vancouver in 1951. I met a young Dane named Poul and we moved into a rooming house on Thurlow […]
Starting a Creamery in Aarhus, Denmark in 1932
From my dad’s journal of memories: a story from his life when he was a teenager in Denmark during the dirty thirties. The Brick and Cement Jungle: Aarhus, Denmark. Aarhus, or the […]
Travel Theme: Creamy Calories from Around the World
Some delicious cream dishes from around the world. Scones with Irish butter, black current jam and clotted cream – these totally distracted me from our waterfall walk in the Antrim […]
Wine & Food of the Rhone Valley: Class 2 Part 2
The second half of our second class on the food and wine of the Rhone River Valley featured ‘Mandarin Orange Pork Ribs with Roasted Carrots and Potatoes‘ followed by a […]
Food and Wine from the Loire Valley, Class 1 Part 2
This is the second half of our class on the food and wine of the Loire Valley. After soup and two filling appetizers, the main course was a light salad […]
From Veracruz: Frozen Mango Dessert
Our Veracruz-style dessert, ‘Dulce de Mango‘ (frozen mango concoction), was accompanied by a very unusual rum and peanut butter drink called ‘Torito de Cacahuates‘! The frozen mango dessert was a mix […]
