tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39641236936499097972024-03-05T09:20:00.542-08:00About Apricosaericahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16091864503693806315noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964123693649909797.post-74111998991836661882009-06-07T12:55:00.000-07:002015-03-28T16:34:15.996-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">Hey there!</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 85%;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">My name is Erica Sommermann, and welcome to Apricosa!</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> I started writing this blog as a way to share my </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">enjoyment of healthy California cooking<span style="font-size: small;">, with<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">experiences, recipes, and tips drawn from my Italian and German heritage, my garden, and good times with friends. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">Having l</span>ived </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">in
Santa Barbara, California for over 2 decades, my cooking has been
influenced by the huge availability of fresh produce both from the
family garden (<span style="font-size: small;">oranges, persimmons, <span style="font-size: small;">pears, avocado<span style="font-size: small;">s, and more)</span></span></span> and from the bounty of the surrounding Santa Barbara<span style="font-size: small;"> area (strawberries, wine<span style="font-size: small;">s, olives, and more!).</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In <span style="font-size: small;">recent years, thanks to living overseas in Taiwan and Korea, my culinary palette has expanded. </span>Yet, at the same time, the intensity of working overseas in the fast-paced biotech industry, juggling multiple time zones and jet lag over and again, and pushing myself to learn Korean and assimilate into the culture has, without a doubt, decreased the frequency of my Apricosa posts.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm thrilled to get in the kitchen and behind my camera when I can, and as the opportunities to do so are fewer these days, I treasure them more. Apricosa is my happy space--a peaceful place in which to dwell and to savor and to be inspired. And, I hope what you read here encourages and</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> inspires you in your own kitchen and pursuit of a healthy lifestyle that is mindfully aware of the <span style="font-size: small;">global community w<span style="font-size: small;">e belong to</span>. Welcome!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b>About </b><span style="font-size: small;"><b>my blog's name:</b> </span>I've chosen the name Apricosa as </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">an allusion to an apricot tree that once grew in my family's lovely California garden. This tree symbolize<span style="font-size: small;">s</span> the value I have for natural, local foods, as each summer my family used to make our year's supply of apricot jam from its fruit. The golden blush of the apricot fruit also represents to me the warmth of the summer sun which I enjoy so much....I am, after all, a Sommermann!</span><br />
</span></span>ericahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16091864503693806315noreply@blogger.com0