It was an erstwhile custom that a mother, no matter how elderly or ailing she felt, would take it upon herself to bring food to her lad bided elsewhere as soon as the snow thawed and the first white spring shoots pierced the ground.
Continue reading “Orthodox Easter Eggs, folktales, symbolism, traditions #Im4Ro”Festive Dessert for Christmas and Easter, Romanian Cozonac, a Sweet Bread Recipe #Im4Ro
Cozonac is not only a culinary tradition in Romania, but a lesson in history and culture as we eat it at Christmas and Easter time, and here’s the traditional recipe we use in our home. Enjoy a delicious, tried and trusted Romanian cozonac recipe, discover the origin of the cozonac, and marvel at the controversial cozonac recipe of Păstorel Teodoreanu that used 50 eggs per kilo of flour.
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Carolers, a Christmas Haiku
Continue reading “Carolers, Christmas Haiku”Christmas Tree and Saint Nicholas Haiku
Christmas Tree and Saint Nicholas, two Christmas Haiku
Continue reading “Christmas Tree and Saint Nicholas Haiku”Living At The Cultural And Technological Crossroad
Living At The Cultural And Technological Crossroad – An Intercultural Theory
Even though two people speak the same language, having come from different cultures, their understanding of the spoken language will be different.
An American, a Frenchmen and a Chinese, all owners of smartphones, found themselves in a locked room. Can you guess the outcome? No, really, this happened to me. Except that I was neither of them, belonging to a fourth nationality, the Romanian born South African.
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