So much has changed since I started this blog. My children have grown up, I’ve moved to another city, I have a career that involves sitting at a desk all day, and we’ve started eating a plant-based diet almost exclusively (yes, even my salami loving husband).  These big changes happened gradually, which makes them easier to grapple with, but none of them were easy! My desire to revive this blog stems from wanting to take the best things about my life back then, like the food and the travel, and mix it in with my life today.  Food is still a central theme in my life.  The idea of simple, delicious food is alive and well here in our home, just missing some ingredients like meat and dairy. Learning to cook a new way has been both fun and challenging and I look forward to sharing it with you!