Happy National Donut Day! My FAVORITE day of the year (after my birthday of course)! I have chosen to celebrate by sharing two new New York City donut establishments with you! And by sharing some
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Community Garden Meet & Greet
Last week the organizers of the South Orange Community Garden hosted a Meet and Greet at the garden. Everyone pitched in and brought something. My personal favorite was the Spanish Pan con Tomate (recipe coming soon)!
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Bake Me
Vegan Blueberry Banana Zucchini Muffins
Ever since the great success of my Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread I have been looking for more ways to mix zucchini into my baking. As you know, banana muffins and banana bread are a staple
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Adventure
New Jersey’s Best Donuts
Donuts are my favorite food group. When we moved from Boston down to New Jersey (almost two years ago – my how time flies!), I was sad to be leaving my favorite donuts, from Union
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A Dominique Ansel Cronut, Springtime in Brooklyn and Lemon Ricotta Pancakes
Follow my blog with Bloglovin** This past weekend, while E was working, I decided to hop a New Jersey Transit train to New York City. Why sit at home when I could wander? After a quick forty
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Drinking My Way Through Napa
Two weeks ago my husband and I were lucky enough to visit Napa, California. While I was born and raised in Los Angeles, I had never visited Napa before. Before two years ago, I wasn’t
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Breakfast in San Francisco
Last week, E and I were lucky enough to spend some time in San Francisco, due to a conference he and my father-in-law were attending. After the conference we drove up to Napa with my
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Tourist For a Weekend in New York City
My mother and sister came in all the way from Los Angeles to visit in January. It was my sister’s very first real trip to New York City. We went ALL OUT and did all
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HAPPY NEW YEAR: MY BEST OF 2015
I cannot believe it is already January 11th, 2016! Where did the time go? The end of the year was kind of crazy so I am going to reflect on all that was great in
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Japan Travel Guide – Part VI
I cannot believe the time has come for my last Japan post. It has been five months since we landed back in Newark and it literally feels like we were wandering the streets of Shinjuku yesterday. I