Tag archive: food

Happy (belated) America Day from Iraq

It’s fun celebrating an American holiday abroad. I highly recommend it. I love that no one understood why we ran to the basement Ferdos market to find sparklers; or why we made a makeshift American flag and saluted to it.… continue reading »

Nom nom nom

I think I’ve grown out of my picky eating phase. Unlike 8-year-old Lauren, I now eat mushrooms, onions, thin crust pizza, Subway, most fruits, etc. I still won’t eat tomatoes, but that’s beside the point. Finding food in Iraq that… continue reading »

Kashrut pt. II

Kashrut Update:It’s been 36 days of Lent (I’m counting weekdays too) and I am pork free. I haven’t had a cheeseburger; I haven’t had seafood; I haven’t had sausage at Sunday brunch in Baldwin. Basically, I’m doing amazingly well. I… continue reading »

Kashrut pt. I

It’s Lenten season, and this is the first time I’ve given something up. Usually I only have one or two acquaintances who sacrifice something for the 40+ days of Lent, but this year I think just about all my friends… continue reading »