beverage & drink recipes: scents of home & loco for hot choco

For me, the tastes and smells of fall not only mean the holidays are soon approaching but it’s a warm feeling that I embrace. Not because of all the prezzies I may get from Mr. Santa (well, who’s kidding, that’s pretty nice) but more so the warmth of embraces that we have for each other during this time of year. And even if it’s just for a few months that we are on good behavior, I savor it. After traveling and moving abroad, being away from everything that is familiar, and even though I made my host country home, it’s not “HOME”. During the years of globetrotting or when I was in boarding school as a child, savoring sips of hot cocoa and graham crackers (actually dipping them into the hot chocolate) those smells, as mundane as it might sound, mean EVERYTHING.  One year, I actually kept the wrapping paper my... Read the Rest →

 

beverage & drink recipes: scents of home & loco for hot choco

For me, the tastes and smells of fall not only mean the holidays are soon approaching but it’s a warm feeling that I embrace. Not because of all the prezzies I may get from Mr. Santa (well, who’s kidding, that’s pretty nice) but more so the warmth of embraces that we have for each other during this time of year. And even if it’s just for a few months that we are on good behavior, I savor it. After traveling and moving abroad, being away from everything that is familiar, and even though I made my host country home, it’s not “HOME”. During the years of globetrotting or when I was in boarding school as a child, savoring sips of hot cocoa and graham crackers (actually dipping them into the hot chocolate) those smells, as mundane as it might sound, mean EVERYTHING.  One year, I actually kept the wrapping paper my... Read the Rest →