What has always fascinated me about the world besides languages and the different ways in which people communicate, is the way in which this social system happens. The cultural traditions that give each place a peculiar vibration, their essence. Being expats, nomads, we are excited to embrace the traditions in each place we visit or… Read More Under the Ramadan Moon
For thousands of years, lentils have been not only part of a healing diet, but a religious staple among Arab, Asian, and Latin American cultures. Lentils are a common dish in weekly meals in Colombia. These are a very cheap, tasty, and all in all, pretty easy to make. As a child I ate them weekly,… Read More Sunday Lentils
Something that started fascinating me when I started my degree in Visual Communication was Semantics, the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning, or as Humberto Eco says “the science of meaning”. Growing-up bilingual, I became very connected to analogies and coding words to others in order to find meaning, as opposed to translating directly,… Read More Believe
One of our staples at home for its many nutritious facts, is quinoa. A goosefoot found in the Andes, where it was widely cultivated for its edible starchy seeds before the introduction of Old World grains. Chenopodium quinoa, a flowering plant in the amaranth family, is a herbaceous annual plant grown as a grain crop… Read More Quinoa Matcha Bars
“Breathing in, I know that I am breathing in.” Thich Nhat Hanh In this nomadic path which started in Asia, meditation found me in a group called a Sangha, which is a community of people practicing the dharma together in order to collectively cultivate and foster awareness. The essence of a sangha is understanding, acceptance, harmony… Read More Blowing to Meditate
The term Sunomono refers to a range of vinegar-based Japanese foods and dishes. In Japanese, “su” means vinegar. In this culture, the tradition in dishes, especially seafood or vegetable, are usually coated in a vinegar dressing. Often times, sunomono refers to Japanese foods that are side dishes to a meal and accompany other Japanese plates. We need to remember that in… Read More Rainbow Sunomono