the idea

After seeing the fabulous movie Julie and Julia and watching one too many episodes of No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain on netflix, I have decided on an adventure of my own! I would LOVE to travel around the world, but with almost five month old twin boys, a two year old daughter and a husband that is newly out of school and just beginning his career as a doctor, that will have to wait.

In the meantime, I love to cook and I LOVE a lot of ethnic food, so I thought, why not bring those other regions I dream about weekly into our home. It gives my husband and me a little taste of the places we long to go and also will expose my children to the many many different tastes of the world. My family is mostly German, with a little bit of Irish and a little bit of
British thrown in. My husband's family is 100% Iranian, so these are where I will start.

The first stop next week will be Iranian food. The spices and techniques used make Persian food a difficult task to complete, but I am up to the challenge. Hopefully, I will be able to someday compete with my father in law's amazing dishes...someday!

I plan to do this once a week for the next year so if you have a country or region you want me to tackle, please send me your suggestions or recipes or both!