While I was living in China, I was given a box of about 50 persimmons. I pureed them and added them to some bisquick pancake mix... It was totally cheating, I know, and I would have made them from ...

If I could have a hot dog right now it would be with mustard and onions. Unfortunately here in Durham, England where we currently live, the only hot dogs around come floating in a jar. Ick.

I live in the UK and wouldn't survive without a kitchen conversion table that I tore out of a food magazine before we moved here. You could find a really thorough one and laminate it for her.

My husband and I leave for Florence this Thursday and I can't wait. I studied in Florence during college, but as it has been a few years I'm dying to know what has changed and what hasn't!