Fifteen years ago, just shy of his 12th birthday, my son Charlie traveled to Egypt with his Grandma Peggy and his Aunt Kathy. The once in a lifetime trip proceeded smoothly, though, under my mother's strict we're-in-a-really-foreign-country-and-God-knows-whether-this-food-is-safe-to-eat dietary guidelines, Charlie lost 11 pounds. Apparently, cucumbers (because you peel them) and dry bread made the Grandma [...]
