Junot Is Back!

I love, really love reading and if I was asked what's my favorite topic I would say it has to be based somewhat on real facts of life; hence why I love Junot Diaz. His books have a way of capturing, and catapulting you into the time frame in which the stories are based, whether you speak Spanish /Spanglish/ or English.

On his latest book, "This is How You Lose Her" a book billed as a collection of love stories we see Yunior reappear. We first met him on Yunot's book "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" and now he's back detailing a few pieces of his life, that of his brother Rafa and even his mother.  

Although the book its cataloged as love stories,  in my opinion it is about the love we see in our youth and how that love shapes who we are and how it shapes how we love. This is about how we find love and how we can or cannot make love last.
It is about love, life, and also loss; all mixed in with a bit of humor that will make you not want to put the book down until you have gotten to know each person's life love story. So I recommend that you grab it (or any of his other books for that matter) and get to know all, Yunior, Rafa, Magdalena, Miss Lora, and Elvis (to mention a few) and you will not regret it, trust me!

Again Yunot Diaz does the trick and brings us another master piece! 

XO!

Sundays are Made for Dosa!

Dosa: according to Wikipedia is a fermented crepe or pancake made from rice batter and black lentils, and is a staple dish of Southern India.

Dosa according to me: A delicious thin crepe like pancake that can be stuffed with what your heart (and stomach) desires and eaten with yourhands (yes hands).

We always do the brunch thing; however our friends had sugested we switch it up a bit and eat Dosas instead. Now, I can honesly say I have never thought of this as a Sunday outing, but what a great idea it was. We went to their favorite spot near Journal Square (Jersey City, NJ) called Dosa Hut

http://dosahutnj.com/ And as the name says it; it does look like a hut or a hole in the wall kind of place.

We quickly sat down and started the ordering process.  We ordered Poori to start with, and let me tell you; I had poori before, but never with chole and raw onions. Poori is a fried bread, to be said simply, and the slight crunchiness of the bread, paired with the tenderness of the dough, with the flavor of the raw onions and the flavor-packed chickpeas was EXPLOSIVE!

 

 

We then moved on to our Dosas; we only ordered 3 because theyare so large and really stuffed that they fill you up quickly. Every single one from the Spianch and potato with cheese one to the curry vegetables one were to die! I cannot wait until our next trip to the Dosa Hut.

 

Oh before I forget, if you are still looking forthat last piece of something, such as dessert walk down 1.5 block and order a "Milk Ice Cream Pop" from the corner ice cream shop, you will not regreat it!

 

So are you ready & willing to get your hands dirty? I am!

 

XO