Kotlet (Persian Burgers) For Thanksgiving Dinner

For Americans living overseas, many of us do not celebrate Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving Day.  Since it isn't an international holiday the way Christmas is, most of us are usually working on Thursday and usually celebrate it on a Friday or a Saturday.    Because it's a holiday  that's exclusive to North America (just celebrated on different dates), it is quite easy to miss as there are no images of orange pumpkins or any icons associated with the holiday.

A Retort On A Tort Of A Torte

I learned how to bake first before I learned how to cook.  When I moved out of my parents' home to go off to university, my mother worried about my lack of cooking skills.   She used to say: "You can't live on cookies, brownies, instant noodles and Shirazi salad."  And Marlboro Lights for dessert.  Of course, she and Dad never knew that!    As a side note,  I quit when I was 28 and haven't touched a cigarette ever since.  My parents still don't know to this day that I belched smoke  for ten years.