Praew has been baking this weekend. I was craving something with poppy seeds and she delivered with two recipes she got off of the internet. The first one was poppy seed hamentaschen. My mother used to buy these from a local Jewish bakery (around the time of year when these are traditionally eaten) on her way…

Praew made her second batch of Kanelbullar today. It is a traditional Swedish cinnamon roll. While we’ve never tasted any of these other than the ones Praew has made from a recipe on the web, they are really quite good. Not overly sweet like the American cinnamon rolls.

I think most people raised in the US have childhood memories of eating a grilled cheese sandwich. At its simplest, it is just bread, cheese, and heat. But you can start there and move on to add anything you want. Living in Thailand, I find that it is hard to get certain American comfort foods,…