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Cooking in Lahore: An American Woman In A Pakistani Kitchen

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An American expat in Lahore gets a glimpse into the lives of Pakistani women.  More »

Learning Experiences: Cooking Tamarind and Tofu in Cambodia

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I have eyes (and taste buds) for only one thing on the menu: the fried tofu with tamarind, chile and basil.   More »

Learning Experiences: Dancing Cueca in Chile

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A few friends and I were sitting around a table watching the festivities while drinking copious amounts of chicha and pisco (two traditional Chilean a  More »

Learning Experiences: Shearing Sheep in the Australian Outback

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More than the physical pressures and the unique skills I had mastered, those long hours spent in the middle of nowhere stuck in my mind.   More »

Learning Experiences: How to Survive a Chinese Banquet

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It was our first university banquet. I was new to everything in China and I took in the scene with an air of intrigued bewilderment that didn’t lea  More »

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