I can’t believe the end of December is here. That means I need to figure out my New Year’s Eve plans. It’s fairly discouraging, because so many of my friends are out of town this time of year. They’re off to some lovely warm place that’s sunny and a plane ride away from the freezing […]
food writing
Ginger Syrup
One time when I was in Vietnam, I experienced for the first time what David Lebovitz describes as the “zip” of ginger syrup. I was about seven years old and I had gone to visit my grandparents, to meet them all for the first time. My parents had immigrated to Canada before I was born, […]