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Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
What could have been an informative, decent book on animal welfare and the environmental impact of our current factory farming system is marred by the author’s need to be clever and add some unconventional pages to his book. I ended up just glossing past [...]

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I started reading Pillars of Earth with a gross misunderstanding that it was a fantasy novel. I’m typically not a fan of flaming sword, wizards and dragon fantasy so the lack of those elements were perfect for me. I thought it [...]

Galco’s in Highland Park may be known for their dizzying assortment soda, but what many people might not know is that they also make pretty decent subs at the deli counter at the back of the store.  On a warm afternoon last weekend, the BF and I made a stop at Galco’s just so I [...]

I’m not a girly-girl by all means, but I have to rave about the new shampoo I got last week.  Tonight was my second time using it (shows you how often I wash my hair) and I still love it.  I used to use a Burt’s Bees brand shampoo, which was fine when I had [...]

Allston Yacht Club is one of those hidden restaurants right in my own back yard that I never would have noticed if someone hadn’t pointed it out to me. This someone happened to be an email inviting me to join them on a Thursday night for a tasting menu, drinks and all. Always one to [...]

I started reading Let the Right One In because I was curious about the parts of the story that were left out of the movie. There were issues which were only hinted at in the movie and I wondered if they were more spelled out in the book. They were.
It’s difficult to describe [...]

I love cheese, which is not easy, being an Asian and all. My current Official Cheese is Humboldt Fog, which the BF (the vegan!) picked out a couple weeks ago. It’s from Cypress Grove Chevre in Northern California and made out of goat’s milk.
But it doesn’t taste like any goat cheese I’ve ever had. [...]