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Cabane à Sucre

Anda Pleniceanu — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 01:16:14 +0000

Bonjour mes amis! I’m here at Trois Pistoles with very limited internet access, which is why I haven’t been blogging much lately. I also haven’t been cooking much because all my meals are prepared by my wonderful host, Aline, who cooks amazing vegetarian meals for 14 people 2 times a day. I don’t know how [...]

Soba Noodles Lunch

Anda Pleniceanu — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:09:42 +0000

It’s been one of those weeks when I’m preparing for traveling and I am living as if I am already at the destination (as I wrote in my last post, I will be leaving my city for one month to go to a little town in Quebec called Trois Pistoles for a French immersion program). [...]

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Chai Popsicles

Anda Pleniceanu — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:19:07 +0000

Exactly one week from today I will be on a train to Trois Pistoles, a place I know nothing about other than the fact that they push your lazy ass to learn French and actually speak it too. There, in the heart of the Quebec region, I will take an oath that I will only [...]

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Pineapple and Tofu Curry

Anda Pleniceanu — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:39:10 +0000

When I have a writer’s block, I usually write my way out of it. Today I tried something different for treating it: I cooked a new, spicy and fabulous dish. It’s still not gone (the writers’ block, because the dish was gone as soon as it hit the bowls) but this dish is so delicious [...]

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Family Secrets

Anda Pleniceanu — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 06:43:41 +0000

Everyone in my family cooks and we all specialize in something. My dad specializes in soups. He makes a soup every single week. He also makes a lot of other things like vegetable preserves for the winter, fancy salads and barbecues, but his specialty is definitely soups. My brother specializes in omelets, I think. And [...]

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