Return Gifts!!!

When I got back to Italy, I got awesome gifts! Rydia sent me this insane card, and got a lot of people to sign it, too! When I say insane, I mean it came in its own box with a slide-out drawer, that had a drawer pull knob. Sweet!



And my friend Ali brought me back candy and fruit from Tehran! I haven't opened the candies yet... I want to enjoy them, not just eat them in shame at my desk! The fruit is dried barberries. These are used in fruit-seasoned rice in Iranian cooking, which they serve at Darcin and I love it. They taste a lot like cranberries but are a little smaller, so I think I could eat these plain as crasins. I will be trying that, but I am going to come up with other ways to cook them.



Yum!