Happy Monday! I’m starting a new weekly feature on my blog called “Appetizers,” a roundup of stories about food, cooking, travel, and parenting/work/life to whet your appetite for the week ahead. If you’ve got anything to share, e-mail me and I’ll include it in next week’s roundup. Enjoy!
Charleston Restaurant Week is September 4-15; which of your favorites will you be hitting up?
Charleston’s Best Dining Guide by the City Paper
A great read about the owners of Gullah Cuisine in Mount Pleasant; it’s still my favorite fried chicken in the Charleston area
Abolish tipping? I’m all for it, if for no other reason than the fact that I hate trotting out my extremely poor math skills every time I’m at a restaurant
An interesting new book about the evolution of noodles in China to pasta in Italy; a bonus is that it’s written by a “trailing spouse” (the term used to describe spouses who move overseas to accompany their significant others for their career); Amazon link to the book is here
Following up on my blog post about the Macintosh, here are some recipes for gnudi (ricotta-based gnocchi)
It’s not too late to squeeze in a late summer trip: here are tips on how to save
How to make travel a part of the dialogue in describing your career
I think my natural pace is to hurry, but this gives me pause about saying it to the Gravy Baby and Gravy Too
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I’m Ann, a mom / wife / lawyer / certified culinary enthusiast. I share recipes, travel guides and home life tips while living overseas. Currently based in São Paulo, Brazil.
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