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Cashew Spread

These kidney-shaped nuts are actually the seeds that adhere to the bottom of the cashew apple. This fruit comes from the cashew tree native to the northeastern coasts of Brazil. While reading about this nut, I found how they are a master of disguise. These easily split in half like a legume, but they are… Read More Cashew Spread

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Majestic Alaska

Our time in Alaska started flying from Seattle to Juneau, then taking a two-hour ferry between a fresh mist, enormous mountains, and blue water. A tiny cabin on Dolphin street and Otter avenue with a simple but breathtaking view of the mountains was our home for the next 6 days in Haines, where our friends… Read More Majestic Alaska

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Believe

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

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Blog Fog

Why blog now? Why do something when 152 million people (according to google) are doing it? Whether its food, photos, adventures, experiences, debates, why would I start doing this if only a few friends and relatives would read every now and then? Here is a good statistics page from wordpress. It is obvious that the success… Read More Blog Fog

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Sweet Quinoa Cups

Rooted in South America, this food is gluten-free, and high in protein, unlike most grains. It contains all nine essential amino acids, and it is also high in fiber, magnesium, B-vitamins, iron, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin E and various beneficial antioxidants. The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has officially declared Quinoa… Read More Sweet Quinoa Cups

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Blue Light

True strength is in the soul and the spirit… Two days after Eelan was born we were not the only ones to notice her yellow skin colour. Dr. Mann, the pediatrician who was on shift during her delivery was already monitoring this. Then her mandatory blood work came in. Like Gaia, she is an A- blood… Read More Blue Light