It Starts Young, Cooking With Kids
During our stay in Chapel Hill, North Carolina Brian and I offered to make dinner. When my young cousin Sofia, 5, and younger brother Jackson,2, announced that she wanted to help Brian and I make dinner for her family we immediately accepted the help and got a stool! I was always welcomed as a child to […]
Reliving in Williamsburg
Have you ever wondered how guns were built for solders in the revolutionary war? How about how wool and cotton got turned into a usable product before we had machines to do it? Maybe building a house before electric saws? Well you can see it happening firsthand every day in Colonial Williamsburg! Brian and I […]
Remembering Richmond
The Richmond, Virginia’s web site said it right, this city is “easy to love”! As the second English settlement in the country, Richmond is packed with a rich history that has helped to define our country. We gave ourselves just one day to take in Richmond, but with the help from my resident cousin Ran […]
The Art of Mole Rojo
Brian demonstrated his art of mole rojo (red mole) for my family last week when we were in Maryland. He had only first shared his gift for making the traditional Mexican sauce with me for the first time about a year ago! I had never known Mexican cuisine to be like the rich sauce he […]
What the Kreplah!
Warm steam rises from a shallow bowl full of a rich, yellow broth seeded with orange carrots, green celery, white turnips, and chunks of tender chicken. The smell of rich chicken flavor flows into our noses as my family and I sit at my Aunt Polly’s dinner table during our Rosh Hashanah dinner. We have […]
What a Wonderful Whirled
Vermont is a small but wonderful state. They have the only state capital that doesn’t have a McDonalds and you won’t find a single billboard as you cruise their farm-lined roads. The people we met while we visited this mountain spotted state were all very proud of how small-business-friendly they are and the pride they […]
Ithaca, The Local Scene
Our excitement grew as we took the exit to Ithaca’s visitor center; we had wanted to see this town for a long time. There were gray clouds hanging overhead as we entered the city of Ithaca. An attendee from the visitor center helped us to plan out our day–she gave us all the inside tips […]
Falling Into Ohiopyle
One seemingly small town turned out to be a lot more. With a magnificent state park, white water rapids, a river to swim in, and two of Frank Lloyd Wright’s houses(Falling Water and Kentuck Knob), woo! Ohiopyle Pennsylvania turned out to be a lot more then I could have expected. I came across it while […]
Indy’s Frying Butter
Every State fair has a niche. From cows carved out of butter or prize winning animals, there is always something to try and bring more people in. The Indiana state fair not only has the worlds largest and second largest pigs at this year’s fair but they also have Deep Fried Butter! Whether you go […]
Preserving Summer
Farmer’s markets have gained a lot of popularity and have been popping up everywhere, it seems, over the past ten years or so. People can now get farm fresh fruits, meats, and vegetables in big cities or in the suburbs. While in New York City we tried to take advantage of the markets when ever […]