Study abroad'students interest in cooking

In January, as a sophomore at the Miami Valley School, Caitlin Pohl of Oakwood spent six months in Cordova, Argentina.I flew to Miami, Florida, and met up with 30 students from all over the United States on our way to Argentina, Pohl remembers. We attended a private school there speaking Spanish and some Portuguese in a regular high school curriculum.

Pohl lived with a family named Lopez whose daughter, Marie, was her age. They lived about three miles from the school.I was particularly interested in the food the family prepared and ate, Pohl said. They use all the parts of the cow from sausages to a kind of barbecue called asabo. It tasted good. Meat is important in their diet but we did have some apples and oranges.
Following her Argentina experience Pohl continues to be interested in food and its preparation. She has attended the American Field Service dinners when a local chef demonstrates his expertise with exotic ingredients. Yes, I’m the youngest person there, she said with a laugh.

Pohl enjoys making dinner for her mother, Susan, and dad Bob, and sister, Olivia, a senior at Miami Valley School, when she has time from her school activities like sports and tutoring. Her favorite dish is salmon which she grills.Caitlin and her sister, Olivia, spent their grade school years in Santa Barbara, Calif., where the family lived until moving to Oakwood. Neither of the girls have decided on which college or university they will attend, but as Caitlin said it’s fun to think about.