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December 30, 2013
Grapefruit Meringue Cakes
Recipe and Styling by Libbie Summers Photography by Chia Chong Food Stylist’s assistant: Candace Brower Something simple and still a bit fussy for a perfect New Year celebration. Grapefruit Meringue […]
September 19, 2012
A Lesson in Geography and Modesty
There’s nothing like a worldly person to remind you you’re not.
When I meet Merveille Kasongo, her body language reads like one of those signs on the back of a semitruck that warn: “Stay back 200 feet.” Her arms remains locked at her sides and without smiling she looks directly at me with big dark eyes lined with lashes so thick I wonder how they could be real. My brassy American sensibilities are, of course, injured.
July 17, 2012
All in the Family
I grew up eating what was served to me. No one ever asked what I wanted, or offered an alternative to the salmon flopped on my plate flesh-side up, all pink and wet. Mom would leave the scales on the opposite side, so I’d have to flip it and slowly peel back its shiny, slithery coat. I’d curl my lip and wince.
