http://www.samcookswellfleet.com ...so you don't have to Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:48:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cuban  Beans and Rice Sam traveled to Cuba with Global Exchange, a group which leads cultural exchange tours in all parts of the world.  This purpose of this particular trip was to attend the Afro-Caribbean Music and Art Festival in Santiago.  In addition, the group attended lectures about life in Cuba ... http://www.samcookswellfleet.com/2008/07/01/cuba/   Lincolnshire Relatives Lincolnshire Relatives Sam’s great-grandfather, Samuel Baker, for whom Sam is named was one of seven brothers from Lincolnshire England.  Samuel and six of the brothers emigrated to the United States and settled in the Mid-west.  Samuel started the family farm on which Sam grew up, and which still remains in ... http://www.samcookswellfleet.com/2008/06/25/england/   Greece When Sam traveled to Greece in 1968, the island of Aegina, just an hour by boat from Athens, felt as far from the urban hubbub as any of the more remote islands.  People came to the island to lounge on the beach or to bury their legs in the warm ... http://www.samcookswellfleet.com/2008/06/18/greece/   Sam’s just mad about Saffron   During Sam’s two year employment in Portugal, he made many visits across the border to Spain. The city of Sevilla appealed to Sam on that first trip because it combines European and North African influence.  There, Sam stayed in the old Moorish part of town ... http://www.samcookswellfleet.com/2008/06/11/spain/       The German side of Sam’s family On Sam’s visit to Germany, the food was familiar from dinners at the homes of his great aunts and uncles on his mother’s side.  Sam’s maternal grandmother, Barbara Ulrich, had come to the U.S. with her family and settled in Southern Illinois.  When Sam’s family ... http://www.samcookswellfleet.com/2008/06/07/germany/ Arab and Jewish Meals in Israel In 1978, Sam was invited to participate in a Lisle fellowship international seminar to study the conflict in Israel. Twenty participants from nine countries met in Israel, dispersed in small groups to both Jewish and Arab small rural communities where they stayed with families. Afterward ... http://www.samcookswellfleet.com/2008/05/27/israel/       Portuguese National Dish: bacalhau In 1992, Sam moved to Portugal to teach for two years in the American International School in Lisbon. He lived in Cascais near the school, studied Portuguese, taught math, and set out to sample as many kinds of Portuguese food as possible. Whenever he ... http://www.samcookswellfleet.com/2008/05/17/portugal/ And the best team, by the way, is the Boston Red Sox. Sam Cooks ...so you can watch the game. http://www.samcookswellfleet.com/2007/05/10/may-the-best-team-win/ Sam’s just mad about Saffron (Paella) During Sam’s two year employment in Portugal, he made many visits across the border to Spain. The city of Sevilla appealed to Sam on that first trip because it combines European and North African influence. There, Sam stayed in ... http://www.samcookswellfleet.com/2007/04/28/hello-world/