1.   First, because friendships formed on a personal level open culinary doors.

2.   Friendships have formed.

3.   Friendships sometimes form among participants, who telephone one another outside the conference calls.

4.   Friendships formed and fell apart, sexual tensions swelled, and one roommate was booted, permanently kicked to the curb.

5.   Friendships formed quickly, and often ended just as abruptly when families moved to other posts.

6.   Often traveling alone, Quin relishes most those chance meetings when friendships form in spite of barriers of culture and language.