Culture Through Cuisine – Florida by Kimberly Collette, Central Park From November 2016 Connections News, Culture Through Cuisine “Florida is like a mini nation. Each city has its own culture and identity.” Miami has the night life. Orlando has Disneyworld. And in Mary Field’s hometown of Tampa she describes the culture…
Culture Through Cuisine – Brazil by Kimberly Collette, Central Park From October 2016 Connections News, Culture Through Cuisine Karenina Rincon was born and raised in Brazil. Karenina and her family, husband Andre and their two young daughters, have made their home in the Highlands for the last four and a half…
Culture Through Cuisine – Dutch By Resident Volunteer Writer, Kimberly Collette, Central Park From September 2016 Connections News, Culture Through Cuisine There’s a Dutch saying, “Eet Smakelijk!” It carries the same sentiments as “Bon Apetite” as they say in France and “Enjoy” here in the United States. Within moments of arriving…
By Resident Volunteer Writer, Kimberly Collette, Central Park From July 2016 Connections News, Culture Through Cuisine Sharon Fong has been a resident of the Issaquah Highlands from 12 years. Sharon, her husband and two kids left Malaysia when her husband’s job required a move. On her sunny back porch where she…
By Kimberly Collette, Central Park Resident From June 2016 Connections News, Culture Through Cuisine “I always knew how to make cake and tea as a kid. I think that was born into me. But when I got married I called my mom,” says Nada Alwarid. Nada’s mom taught her to…
By Resident Volunteer Writer, Kimberly Collette, Central Park From May 2016 Connections News, Culture Through Cuisine “There are four things I’ve decided that go well with kimchee: Pork, tofu, egg and tuna. You just can’t go wrong with it.” Sedi Oshima moves quickly around her kitchen. She has three different…
Culture Through Cuisine – South Africa By Kimberly Collette, Central Park Nathalie Isensee stands in her bright kitchen during a sunbreak putting together one of her favorite South African dishes, Ukubaba Inkukhu. It is a tangy chicken dish with peppers, apples, onions, peaches, apricots and spices. It is a mixture of…
Culture Through Cuisine – Argentina By Kimberly Collette, Central Park Mara Welicki and her husband Leon have lived in the highlands for six years. Mara and Leon married in Argentina and then left to live and work in Spain. In Spain their eldest son Daniel, age ten, was born. Then…
Culture Through Cuisine – Canadian Holiday Treats By Kimberly Collette, Central Park Colleen Feltis, of the West Highlands, has many memories and stories of her Grandma, Gladys Card Peterson. “She was a Card from Cardston,” Colleen says. Gladys’ family settled the small town of Cardston, Canada in the late 1880s….
Culture Through Cuisine November 2015 – India By Kimberly Collette, Central Park On a Sunday afternoon Jyothy stands in her kitchen ready to cook this week’s meals. Sundays are always her cooking days. She moves swiftly and steadily down the line of her kitchen. Stirring here and chopping there. Jyothy tastes…
