Rosecrans Baldwin

In college, my wife did a study abroad in Nairobi, and I did the exact same program in Cape Town. For me,…

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I never had the idea of moving to Paris and becoming something. I liked the idea of living in Paris because it…

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Of course, there's no reason that Paris should have decent Mexican food. It's a silly expectation - there's a Mexican population in…

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Americans love popcorn, and their love doesn't quit.

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Machismo requires Latin blood. I'd say I never experienced machismo up close until I worked in a French office; the typical Wall…

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I was 23 when I learned how to cook; I grew up around the same time. It was precisely then that Thanksgiving…

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When I was a kid, we didn't eat in restaurants much, but a good report card meant my sister or I could…

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No one really knows the value of book tours. Whether or not they're good ideas, or if they improve book sales. I…

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Rosecrans is a family name - it used to be a last name in our family.

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Loving relatives and home-cooked meals are solid levees against a recession.

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In Europe, it's common to hear about young professionals living with their parents. With the continent's high rents and taxes and its…

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To be human is to have a collection of memories that tells you who you are and how you got there.

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Tintin comics evoke Bermuda, where my parents doled out comics for good behavior and my grandmother taught me how to shuffle cards.

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Thanksgiving, our eminent moral holiday, doesn't have much for children. At its heart are conversation, food, drink, and fellowship - all perks…

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The best thing about candy is that it can't be spoiled by the adult world. Candy is innocent.

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Americans continue to visit Paris not just for Paris, but for ‘Paris.’ As if out of some collective nostalgia for what Paris…

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“The idea being that if I was so incredibly small, then I could do almost anything, because what impact would I have,…

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American-French relations, their pitch and volume, have always been influenced by the media.

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For me, the experience of being in other culture really set up a longing. When I'm traveling, things seem really sharp. You…

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That's when I began drinking coffee. I was hung up on every little thing. I loved Paris, and felt straightaway at home.…

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I like to find music that shares a rhythm with the sentences I'm working on. And though I'll probably regret saying this,…

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Heads of France lead from a palace, and traditionally they retire to a cloud.

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As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn't sleep at night from anticipation.

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My mother still has a three-step system to eating candy corn. First she eats the white tip, then the orange middle, then…

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The great thing about candy is that it can't be spoiled by the adult world. Candy is innocent. And all Halloween candy…

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