Just a few pictures to give you a taste of what a formal in Ouagadougou looks like!
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Chronicles of my time in Burkina Faso
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- August 3 - August 10 (1)
- June 22 - June 29 (9)
- June 8 - June 15 (3)
- May 25 - June 1 (1)
- May 18 - May 25 (2)
- May 11 - May 18 (2)
- April 27 - May 4 (9)
- April 13 - April 20 (3)
- April 6 - April 13 (1)
- March 30 - April 6 (2)
- March 23 - March 30 (2)
- March 16 - March 23 (1)
- March 9 - March 16 (5)
- February 24 - March 2 (1)
- February 17 - February 24 (3)
- February 10 - February 17 (2)
- January 27 - February 3 (1)
- January 20 - January 27 (4)
- December 30 - January 6 (2)
- December 16 - December 23 (2)
- December 9 - December 16 (2)
- November 25 - December 2 (1)
- November 11 - November 18 (1)
- November 4 - November 11 (3)
- October 28 - November 4 (1)
- October 21 - October 28 (6)
- October 14 - October 21 (4)
- October 7 - October 14 (2)
- September 30 - October 7 (2)
- September 16 - September 23 (2)
Book I am currently reading...and others I have read while here
- The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs
- The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
- Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
- Utopia by Thomas More
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- White Man's Burden by William Easterly
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
- The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
- Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
- Biomimicry by Janine M. Benyus
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
- The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
- The Friendships of Women by Dee Brestin
- Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- Candide by Voltaire
- The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
- The Federalist Papers by Hamilton, Jay, and Madison
- 1984 by George Orwell
- My Antonia by Willa Cather
- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
- The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
- Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner
Sara's Cooking Adventures
Here is a list of all the things I have tried to cook here with the relative grades I would give to the final product, 10 being awesome and 1 being barely edible. Mind you most all of this stuff is from scratch.
1. Spaghetti Sauce 9
2. Tomato Soup 10
3. Hummus 3
4. French Onion Soup 10
5. French Toast 8
6. Banana Syrup 10
7. Pita Bread 3
8. Stovetop Popcorn 9
9. Corn Bread 10
10. Pita Bread try two 4
11. Carrot Salad and raisin 9
12. Strawberry Smoothies 7
13. Pita Bread try three 4
14. Egg and cheese breakfast sandwich 8
15. Chewy Brownies 9
16. Meat loaf 8
17. Garlic Green Beans 7 (too garlicky...)
18. Baked Oatmeal 10
19. Oatmeal crackers 10
20. Strawberry-Banana smoothie 10
21. Crepes 10
22. Hummus take two 10
23. Roasted Garlic 5
24. Pita Bread try four 7
25. Bread Pudding 7
26. Spinach cream pasta sauce 9
27. Mango Salsa and Guacamole 8
28. Beef Stroganoff 10
29. Eggless, Butterless, Milkless Cake 7
30. Sweet & Spicy Tuna Sitr Fry 7 and rice 5
1. Spaghetti Sauce 9
2. Tomato Soup 10
3. Hummus 3
4. French Onion Soup 10
5. French Toast 8
6. Banana Syrup 10
7. Pita Bread 3
8. Stovetop Popcorn 9
9. Corn Bread 10
10. Pita Bread try two 4
11. Carrot Salad and raisin 9
12. Strawberry Smoothies 7
13. Pita Bread try three 4
14. Egg and cheese breakfast sandwich 8
15. Chewy Brownies 9
16. Meat loaf 8
17. Garlic Green Beans 7 (too garlicky...)
18. Baked Oatmeal 10
19. Oatmeal crackers 10
20. Strawberry-Banana smoothie 10
21. Crepes 10
22. Hummus take two 10
23. Roasted Garlic 5
24. Pita Bread try four 7
25. Bread Pudding 7
26. Spinach cream pasta sauce 9
27. Mango Salsa and Guacamole 8
28. Beef Stroganoff 10
29. Eggless, Butterless, Milkless Cake 7
30. Sweet & Spicy Tuna Sitr Fry 7 and rice 5