The smell of popcorn and the sound of a chugging train greeted us as we walked toward the gate at Heritage Park in Calgary a couple of weeks ago. The park workers were dressed up in costumes from a century ago, making my niece giggle…

Eight years ago, I read Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel. I read it in one day, while baking on a beach in Thailand (not the good kind of baking… it was of the sunburn variety). It’s a book about a girl named Tita, who is deeply in love…