Part of traveling is dealing with the unexpected. Sometimes the airline you’re flying mysteriously moves your flight a day later. Others, your first flight arrives late, making you miss your connection. That’s how Ben and I ended up with an unexpected day in Istanbul. While it’s totally ok to panic should such a situation arise,
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This recipe is loosely based on a dish I used to love at a restaurant that doesn’t exist anymore. If I’m being honest, it was a pretty basic item. A pumpkin and avocado hand roll. But the flavors were perfect together. I still ate fish then, but I found myself ordering this hand roll more
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This recipe for Cuban black beans might not be the prettiest thing I’ll ever post, but what it lacks in beauty it makes up for in flavor. Growing up in South Florida, I was surrounded by amazing Cuban food. Los Angeles, on the other hand, is lacking in that department. I’ve yet to find a
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This recipe for kimchi latkes is the first of hopefully many guest posts by my husband, Ben Mekler. You’ve seen him in all my travel posts, and he lends a helping hand with almost everything I write, but this is the first one that’s straight up his. I’ll let him take it from here, but first,