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City travel- Portland, Oregon three-day trip plan

why a weekend getaway in Portland is a good idea! Hi friends, How’s your 2019 so far? Time really flies, It is already March. can you believe it? 2019 to me is quite an adventure, many trips planning forward, with gratitude of the lessons we learn from last year and full enthusiasm in my heart.…

City Travel – Easy, easy, the Big Easy New Orleans

By: Gabrielle Arciniegas December 9, 2018December 11, 2018

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The city has two faces “America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.”- Tennessee Williams Today we are going to share with you a short city trip in New Orleans. To visit one of the oldest cities in America, 300 years of history (Older than the independence of…

A soul for a soul cake- Halloween traditional food

Trick or treat! Happy Halloween, Mister. Today we are gonna talk about a little bit history of Halloween, as this is the most fun day in autumn, full of spooky decoration, and monsters or superheroes show up around in town. It’s really unique from any other holidays. But in the other hand, I also find…

Fall for it – Chinese divine Mooncake

When loving you to the moon and back, it happens in the kitchen too. My dear friends, I am so so so happy to share with you today’s recipe. It is a honor to show you one of the sweetest festival of China, which I share the culture with in my hometown- Taiwan, at this…

Bean soup is the new black! Memento of Merida

Find the culture intimacy from the soup Hello, my friends, I had made a promise that I would share some inspiration recipe from Mexico. It’s been a while, why took me so long?:P Well….the truth is… the black bean soup is SO delicious which we always finished it before we can take a picture! Am…

The most delicious triangles in the world

-make yourself the yum Chinese rice dumplings (you can think of them as “Chinese tamales”) Hello friends, I would like to introduce to you one of my favorite festival foods- Chinese rice dumplings. This is always on my comfort food list, although usually, they are not common foods that restaurants will sell daily since it…

Ultimate key lime pie for anniversary

some sour plus sweet is timeless… Back to writing after we just came back from a trip to Yucatan, Mexico. Btw, it was so nice! I can’t wait to show you all some new recipes inspired from this trip, and our travel guide, but first thing first, I would like to share with you our third-year…

Papapostilla and bacon wrapped filet mignon

The little celebrations in life April showers are on and in the cloudy days, we need to have something to cheer us up. showers are nice, they bring water to the earth and that is quite a gift! The nourishment is beautiful and appreciated. How about today we cook something to celebrate this beautiful life?…

Ahh…Dirty rice

By: Gabrielle Arciniegas March 31, 2018March 31, 2018

Uncategorizedchorizo, comfort food, delicious, dirty rice, dish, food, fusion, homemade, one pot, recipe, recipe sharing, rice, sharing, southern, southern food, yum, yummy1 Comment

How come dirty can be so tasty? Today we are going to make one of the easy one-pot comfort food to us – Dirty rice. WHAT? dirty?! yes, dirty rice sounds really so interesting, why name it dirty? Is it dirty? The answer is actually simple than you thought. when the white rice which gets…

What is it about “authentic”?

By: Gabrielle Arciniegas March 24, 2018July 5, 2018

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My dear friends, Do you feel the spring is coming? When we went on the street we found some flowers blooming! how lovely spring is! btw, have you watched a show on Netflix called ugly delicious? It’s a really nice show talking about different foods and the historic backgrounds behind them. We enjoy it so…

OLLA smoothie (short film included)

By: Gabrielle Arciniegas March 20, 2018October 24, 2018

Uncategorizedberries, drink, food, fruits, healthy, homemade, juice, lifestyle, morning juice, OLLA, smoothie, sweet, tasty, vagan friendly, vitamin, wellnessLeave a Comment

Only Lovers Left Alive… a vegan vampire berry smoothie 2018 is a year of seeking wellness. Doesn’t it feel like everybody is talking about wanting to live a healthier life? Of course, wellness is so important not only for this year but a lifestyle. Exercise regularly, relieve pressure from time to time, eat fresh organic…

Turtle soup (cabbage chowder)

By: Gabrielle Arciniegas March 16, 2018June 8, 2018

Uncategorizedaddictive, cabbage, chowder, cooking, diet friendly, food, food blog, fusion, one pot, recipe, recipe sharing, sharing, soup, souping3 Comments

Let green take over! Hey guys, I hope you are not scared by the title! This dish is not really made with any turtles, but with something turtles like very much – cabbage. The greeny veggie inspired the person that gave this soup its name. My love is the biggest fan of this soup. I…