by Deborah Quinn | Mar 3, 2013 | Books, family, food, growing up, Kids, Parenting
Yesterday around dinner time, I asked Liam if he wanted chicken in a tortilla or just plain chicken with rice (I know, what a dazzling array of options. Don’t tell Ina Garten; she’d just feel threatened). Liam, sprawled on his bed in his fuzzy bathrobe,...
by Deborah Quinn | Jan 27, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Discoveries, expat, food, NYC, Travel
When we first moved to Abu Dhabi, I binged on Middle Eastern food: humus, moutabel, babaghanoush, tabouleh, chicken shwarma. Yum. And when I could no longer look a chickpea in the face, there were other foods to choose from…but I couldn’t find good Mexican food in a...
by Deborah Quinn | Oct 30, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, Children, family, grace in small things
1. Not a small grace note but a BIG grace note: my mother has been visiting us for the past week and having her here makes living so far away suddenly seem manageable. It’s both extraordinary that she’s here and…completely ordinary. Of course she’s here; Grandma...
