Dec. 3, 2012

Yesterday we had lunch at a local Greek restaurant, where I ran into a former student of mine who is waitressing there. She, like Elise, was adopted from Bulgaria. She was five years old at the time back in the early '90s. We introduced them to each other (something I've wanted to do for years), and talked over "things Bulgarian." To our shock, we learned that this girl has never had any Bulgarian cuisine! She's never even heard of tarator (the cold yogurt and cucumber soup that's a staple in Bulgaria)! We've extended an open invitation to her to come share a Bulgarian meal with us, and I hope that someday she will come with us for a visit to the land of her birth. It made me wonder - how many other Bulgarian-born young people in the US have no experience whatsoever of their culture?