This is the beginning of what I'd like to consider a long continuous project.

My ESL students are from all over the world. Every 9 - 10 weeks I walk into a class  and greet anywhere from 10 to 20 smiling nervous faces, eager to learn or improve their English. Then, our course is over and the students move on to a different level and I sometimes never see them again. Our personal relationship, so close for a number of weeks, vanishes. Everybody walks away back into their busy lives.

This blog attempts to anchor the moments I spent with them in a meaningful way. It's a way of saving their memory and showing how they impacted my life. HERE IS THEIR CONTRIBUTION to me and their fellow students.

This collection of recipes is proof of their rich cultural diversity, but more important, it's proof that they show me much more than I show them. Thank you.