March 30th, I’d gone over to Jack Astor’s with my mother and sister for dinner! Stepping into the restaurant you’re instantly greeted with a casually fancy dining setting, with an assortment of jokes in paintings, and framed up on the wall. The atmosphere is loud and lively, with the dining on one half of the…

You’ve heard of many different kinds of Jewish foods and dishes; Matzo, potato latkas, chopped liver, gifilte fish. But a Jewish favourite pastry will always be the homentash! To celebrate the Jewish holiday Purim, the homentash (המן־טאַש, homentash, also spelled hamentasch, literally meaning “Haman pockets”) is a triangle shaped pastry with a filling of the…