Every summer my father plants gorgeous eggplants. While he doesn’t care for them, my mom and I go crazy. I love eggplant parm and am still searching for the perfect eggplant parm sub in Cambridge (let me know if you have a favorite place). The eggplant is either undercooked and bitter or...

Rosh Hashannah is the Jewish New Year. We celebrate by getting together with friends and family and sharing apples dipped in honey. The apples signify health and honey is sweet – symbolically wishing everyone a healthy and sweet new year. This year, I decided to combine the traditional...

In August 2014, we embarked on a Pacific Northwest trip, visiting Portland, Seattle and, finally, Vancouver. Getting from Seattle to Vancouver was super easy. We took the Amtrak train, making sure to sit on the left side of the train. The train travels up the coast, and you get gorgeous views...

One of the best places to have dinner in Vancouver is down an alley, where a small restuarant sits, unassuming, yet amazing serving cheese and charcuterie – Salt Tasting Room   We started with some drinks while we looked over their extensive cheese, meat and accoutrement...

  In August 2014 we went to the Pacific Northwest for 10 days. We started in Portland to visit my sister and brother-in-law. Portland We got in early on a Thursday and decided to go to the Japanese Garden and the Rose Garden until my family was done with work. The Japanese Garden was...