New Projects

Spanish Spice Cake, our of the many recipes we are testing for our travel cookbook we hope to self publish.  I (Austin) have been working on the food photography side of things.

(This blog written by Austin.)

Well, as you may well know, Kindra and I are now living in Portland!  We made the road trip up through California, stopping to camp near Mt. Shasta for a few nights.  Now we are staying with my Aunt Chris and Uncle Jim, as the hunt for a job and housing begins.  Kindra had been in full baby nesting mode, figuring out health insurance and birthing options.  I have been job hunting, primarily looking for work in higher education; I love the atmosphere of universities, and working alongside or near students would be incredible! 

I gotta let you in on a little secret: Portland is seriously one of the coolest places to live.   Of course, it is cool literally (yesterday was in the fifties during the day with crazy wind).  But it is also full of down to earth, kind people and TONS of nature and trees.  I feel more like we are living in a forest that happens to have some buildings than living in a city.  Totally secluded hiking trails are only minutes away. 

Along with being an urban forest, there is so much amazing stuff to do!  Theater, endless international food carts, nature reserves, a rad zoo, delicious restaurants, and fun neighborhoods to explore.  We honestly haven't found something we don't like about Portland.  Even the weather is great; it is so nice to live somewhere with SEASONS (cough...not SoCal), where the leaves turn yellow and red and fall off the trees.  Who knows, it might even snow once in a while!

Of course we do miss our close friends and family from California, and just an fyi, we are saving a spot for you up here if you ever get "Oregon fever."

One project we are working on while in job and housing limbo is the making of a travel cookbook from our two year journey.  This book will be chock full of delicious recipes we found while traveling, along with stories and pictures of our journeys.   Right now it is simply a fun project, but we may end up making hard copies and putting the book up on kickstarter. 

I'll be posting on here and facebook updates of the process, so keep an eye out! 

Until next time, have a great November!

Kisir, a delicious Turkish salad that Kindra makes wonderfully.

Turkish lentil soup, a real delight on a cold day.