USA Growing up in California I was exposed to a lot of international cuisines. Every year my school would host this cultural event fundraiser that I’d always looked forward to. I got to experience a lot of Mexican and Filipino dishes such as tamales, pancit, and the best lumpia ever! These events really unlocked the
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UK This past week Cooknst founder, Daniela, joined the popular international website for Champagne & Sparkling Wine information and news, Glass of Bubbly, to pair up some sparkling wines with food. However, these weren’t just any type of wine and food, these were all vegan wines and vegan food they were pairing up together. Accompanying
USA At a young age my family opened me to a wide variety of foods. Whether it was orange roughy or gar couvillion, we were exposed to exotic foods early on. Food was special for us. I remember when my father and I would make omelettes. It was the first time that my father and
UK I’m Jordane, 25, from Norfolk. I have six house rabbits, work at a rabbit rescue, and in my spare time I do photography. I have been vegan for five years and baking for four. I started baking cakes when I realised that there were no good ones you could easily buy in shops (totally
UK My story is a bit different from other chefs, in that growing up I never had a dream to be a chef. Actually it was the opposite, I wanted to do electric engineering in Brazil. It wasn’t until I moved to England around 15 years ago and started missing my family’s Brazilian food that I
UK Just recently Cooknst was truly honoured to partake in a Glass of Bubbly wine tasting event and article. Glass of Bubbly, the popular international website for Champagne & Sparkling Wine information and news, teamed up with the Baldwin Gallery and our lovely Cooknst founder, Daniela Paiva, to pair some wines with the flavours and
UK Think about your food experiences when dining out. Dishes are prepared and finalised to look like artwork. Flavours are at the ultimate level of balance and delicacy, and very often the ‘wow’ factor comes from challenging the eye and the palate. It’s the sophistication of the French cuisine interpreted with the modern response of
San Francisco, USA My passion for baking started around 2-3 years old. My grandmother brought me into the kitchen and starting to teach me all the recipes she knew from her home in Mexico. As I started to get older, I also developed a passion for art. I was a good drawer and liked sculpting
UK My grandma’s famous goulash recipe was passed down from her to my dad. She passed away years before I was born so I never knew her, but this recipe makes me feel as though I still have something of hers to connect with. My grandmother’s name was Ludmilla, and our family is from the
UK I love this time of year, always have! All the smells, sounds and sights which go along with Christmas. When I was small, I knew it was getting near when I would go stay at my grandparents. My ‘little’ Grandma, as she was affectionately called, would be busy scurrying around the kitchen of her