I love that it's summer. Seriously. Laramie is gorgeous right now - colorful, sunny, lush, and comfortable. The highs in the summer here reach the highs 70's, low 80's (Fahrenheit, duh), which is room temperature in the South. If that doesn't make you want to come visit us, I don't know what will! I have a …
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Baking Bread
When I was little, I used to asked my Oma ("grandma" in German) how her hands were so soft. She told me that her kneading bread softened the skin of her hands over time. Oma passed away earlier this year, in case you didn't read my earlier blog post about her. Oma made this one …
Hearty Spanish Chicken Soup for Cold Weather
Who wants sooouuuppp???? Everyone loves soup, especially when there are a good five inches of crusty snow on the ground outside. Matt and I just bought season passes to a local ski area in the Snowy Range (yes, that's really what the mountains are called). I've never been skiing or snowboarding before! Even typing out the word …
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Dinner Party, aka Katherine Cooks All Day
Last night Matt and I hosted a little dinner party with two couples from his graduate program here. One couple is from Iran - they literally just moved to the U.S. - and last week they had us over for dinner. You can imagine how delicious the authentic Persian food was. It helps too that …