As I sit here on my Canadian living room couch, my bare legs brown and my hair golden from the Middle Eastern sun, I realize that what you likely want to see after my visit are photographs and recipes for silky hummus, fat roasted eggplant, and Israeli lemon-mint lemonade. And though those are all coming in the future, they are not where I want to start my reminiscing. Those are not the true homemade flavours of my parents’ home, where hurried cabbage and a well-curated cheese platter are more likely to make an appearance on a weeknight than the real, smoky, seductive flavours of the Middle East. We buy our hummus in a plastic package, our eggplant in a jar, and our lemonade in a carton, and they’re all delicious, made by expert hands in other homes and kitchens. My first foray into making those dishes myself came only after I moved, as I began to desperately look for ways to recreate the tastes and sounds of my home country. And my love for them remains unabated, though what I often think of when I think of my parents’ Soviet table are dishes stewed in tomato sauce.
Free Printable Goal Worksheet: How to Make Your Goals Happen
I love goals. Setting goals in in my bones. I’ve been doing it since I was a kid. Goals like “convince my mom to let me shave my legs before I’m 12,” and “save up to buy decorative rubber stamps sets and make sweet art projects”. (Yes, my actual goals. Both of which I achieved, … Read more
