Think you know Farmer’s Markets? Check out this enormous market (feria) held every Sunday in Zapote (San Jose), Costa Rica! We are in Costa Rica visiting family and so were able to stop by this past Sunday. A view from the street Desde la calle Vendors’ stalls Los vendedores Palm fruit/Peach palms Pejibayes Peach palms/Palm...

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June 7, 2012

Easy Beet Recipe: Costa Rican Ensalada Rusa

by Leanna

They had been laying in the refrigerator for days: gorgeous, tempting, taunting – those lovely purple beets, knowing that I had no idea what to do with them. My husband had brought them home from the Farmer’s Market, assuming that I, like everyone in his family, would be able to cook them up into something...

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May 23, 2012

A Starry Holiday

by Leanna

Last night and today, Baha’is all around the world celebrated the Declaration of the Bab, a holy day that marks the very inception of the Baha’i Faith, which started with a simple but profound declaration of belief by one young man in a house in Persia over a century and a half ago. This beautiful...

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