By Salima Jivraj @halal_foodie & online at: halalfoodie.ca One of the biggest regrets I have from my youth is not taking the time to explore. I was always rushing to something; school, work, out with friends. I didn’t really appreciate the world and anything outside of my daily realm. Now

 By Salima Jivraj It took me twelve years to accomplish, but I finally achieved one of my goals — my husband is now a chai drinker. But he’s also somewhat of a chai snob now as well since he only drinks it a certain way, made at a certain time,

By Salima Jivraj @halal_foodie & online at halalfoodie.ca It’s been just over a week since hurricane Sandy hit the East coast of the United States. She hit hard and made her presence known by leaving behind destruction, floods, electrical outages and displaced families.   I don’t celebrate Diwali and was