Solar pot presentation to rural communities. That day the whole community gathered at the main plaza to cook using solar pots. About 8 solar pots were used and several different dishes where fixed, including rice, beans, meat and a chocalate cake....
Here in my bucataria at the gazda house are some of my talented chefs making a bechamel sauce. It was perfect the first time! There are twelve regular students who cook with me monthly to learn new recipes in English from all parts of the world. ...
I took this photo during the Guinea Pig Festival on April 4, 2010 in in Ecuador. The Guinea Pig Festival, or Festival del Cuy, is a fundraiser started by the local parish as a means to raise funds for social projects in the community. That year,...
This photo was taken in August 2011 in Guatemala. In an effort to share bits of cuisine from other cultures and teach about nutrition, I spent the day helping groups of 9th graders prepare their meals for our International Cooking Day. These two...
This is a photo of my volunteer club, Together We Can Succeed. The kids are from a small village in Bulgaria , called Svoboda. We created the awareness ribbon cookies by hand, and wrapped them to be sold for future HIV/AIDS prevention projects. The...
This picture was taken in Svoboda, Bulgaria during a prevention and awareness fund raising project in 2011. The kids were baking AIDS awareness ribbon cookies by hand, and loving every second of it. The village of Svoboda is small, and consists of...
This photo was taken during an HIV/AIDS awareness fundraising project. The kids in my volunteer club called, Together We Can Succeed, were baking AIDS ribbon cookies to sell for materials for more prevention projects. All of the cookies were hand...
Shortly after arriving to site and moving in with our host family, three generations of Ukrainians teach Lauren how to make varenyky, stuffed dumplings, which were then filled with sour cherries. A labor of love that is so worth the effort!