Oh ho! Oxtails.

Ann says
Two weeks ago we had the first week in our new place that was somewhat…settled.  No more boxes everywhere, and no more building ikea furniture.  I was home for most of the day as I studied for the last test of school, and the weather had finally gotten cool.  Lovely and cool! So I [...]

Happy Birthday Latvia

Ann says
OK so it’s a little late. November 18th is Latvian Independence day, so to speak. It was the first independence day, the one before the Soviet occupation, and it’s the one Latvia celebrates due to the illegal and therefore illegitimate nature of the Soviet occupation. History aside, I hadn’t made any Latvian food in [...]

Beef Barley Soup

Abe says
There comes a time in one’s life, or at least over the course of the seasons, yearly, that nothing else will do except a bowl of hearty, satisfying soup. Technically these soups are wintry, like the wintry mixes that will occasionally plague regional transit back east, but these days this time comes in the [...]