According to Ostrom, her romance with food began in college. “I cooked a lot with my roommates in college, and then when Bjork and I got married, bought a house, and got ‘real jobs’—cooking regularly started to become a normal part of my life,” she recalled in an interview with the Mediakix blog. “I loved having someone to cook for and always loved trying new recipes.”

With passion the main ingredient to her success, Ostrom shares fresh, flavorful, and (mostly) healthy recipes she loves to make and actually eats in her every day life. “If I wouldn’t eat it in real life, I won’t put in on the blog,” she writes on her website.

She explains that her goal is to inspire others with food that is both approachable AND exciting, whether you’re cooking for yourself, your family, your roommates, or your friends: “I want you to be so excited about these recipes that you eagerly await 5pm when you can go home from work and start cooking.”

“Instagram stories have been huge for us,” she added in the interview, talking about her road to success. “It’s amazing to me that we can just be in our house in our pajamas and doing some random video posts that will be viewed by more than 50,000 people. If I were to go in front of 50,000 people in real life, it would feel so intimidating. But I can talk to that many people from my pajamas, on my couch, without showering, and not feel nervous about it at all. It’s a very strange and powerful concept for Instagram influencers to be taking advantage of in terms of having a really engaging way to connect with their followers.”

Her down-to-earth approach to both cooking and blogging will have you inspired.

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“The reason I, and so many others, love travel so much is because it is surely the best way to smash through pre-conceptions and break down cultural barriers,” she explained in a recent interview with Mother Tongue.

“When we are once again able to move freely post COVID-19, I hope people will see what a gift we’d been taking for granted travel really is. I hope we will approach travel with the ambition to immerse ourselves in new cultures so that we can acknowledge, celebrate, embrace and learn from our cultural differences, rather than persecute them.

“I’m so thankful for the places that have been able to reopen with all the necessary social distancing measures in place, and appreciate the huge amount of planning and hard work that’s gone into that,” she added in a recent Instagram post.

“Remember, the big chains will be better equipped to make it through the other side of these strange times. The small places are fighting every day to stay afloat, and it’s us—their customers—that can throw them the lifeline they need by giving them our business.”

Her Instagram page is a breath of fresh air these days. Follow her travels, as she tastes the many flavors available in the culinary world.

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Food bloggers and adventurers Sue Reddel and Diana Laskaris aim to connect food travelers with the best food and travel experiences in the world. Their online platform, Food Travelist (which includes a website and Instagram page), documents the two’s travels around the globe, with special emphasis on local dishes.

“We’re relentless at finding what’s new and noteworthy as well as revisiting the tried and true,” write Reddel and Laskaris on their website. “Whether a tool that makes life better at home, a product that improves your trip or an experience somewhere that you’ve just got to try, we’re honest about what we like and whether we think you’ll like it too.”

“Our stories share the best of everything from worthwhile splurges to delightful deals,” they add. “We don’t ever want you to waste your time and money on an experience that doesn’t meet your standards or makes you feel uncomfortable or unwelcome. We are here to share everything with you—the good, the bad, and, yes, sometimes even the ugly. We put ourselves out there and tell you what happens.”

With more than 10k followers on Instagram, you should definitely check out the Food Travelist.

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Now with her own cookbook and over 125,000 devoted fans on Instagram, Lee’s blog has outgrown it’s humble beginnings. Born in Taiwan, raised in Vancouver, and slow-aged in New York, and now based in Hong Kong, her recipes include a healthy dose of humor. “For those who are in their mid-30’s sliding towards the big 4, spoiler alert, it’s all downhill from there,” she writes in a recent post, where she shares a photo of spinach pasta. “Nowadays pasta is just a Trojan horse for daily vegetable intake, the ratio of which has gone from 7:3 to 5:5, and something tells me that eventually a plate of spinach garnished with a couple strands of spaghetti is all but inevitable in the very near future. Don’t worry, it won’t be long now.”

Another post includes a tasty looking chicken burger. “Too long has this noble bird been ignored in the race to find an alternative for ground beef in the wake of its impact on global warming,” Lee notes. “And I would just like to say that before you turn to meats grown in a petri-dish, this bird has a secret weapon to be unleashed.”

According to Lee, her recipes are written intuitively, just like the way she cooks. She also admits that before her blog she never used to measure anything during cooking, nor has she ever precisely followed a recipe successfully. But she trusts that you follow her instructions!

Purchase her cookbook here and follow her buzzing Instagram page for more.

The post The Wonderfully Intuitive Cooking of Mandy Lee appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

According to Ostrom, her romance with food began in college. “I cooked a lot with my roommates in college, and then when Bjork and I got married, bought a house, and got ‘real jobs’—cooking regularly started to become a normal part of my life,” she recalled in an interview with the Mediakix blog. “I loved having someone to cook for and always loved trying new recipes.”

With passion the main ingredient to her success, Ostrom shares fresh, flavorful, and (mostly) healthy recipes she loves to make and actually eats in her every day life. “If I wouldn’t eat it in real life, I won’t put in on the blog,” she writes on her website.

She explains that her goal is to inspire others with food that is both approachable AND exciting, whether you’re cooking for yourself, your family, your roommates, or your friends: “I want you to be so excited about these recipes that you eagerly await 5pm when you can go home from work and start cooking.”

“Instagram stories have been huge for us,” she added in the interview, talking about her road to success. “It’s amazing to me that we can just be in our house in our pajamas and doing some random video posts that will be viewed by more than 50,000 people. If I were to go in front of 50,000 people in real life, it would feel so intimidating. But I can talk to that many people from my pajamas, on my couch, without showering, and not feel nervous about it at all. It’s a very strange and powerful concept for Instagram influencers to be taking advantage of in terms of having a really engaging way to connect with their followers.”

Her down-to-earth approach to both cooking and blogging will have you inspired.

The post So You Wanna Become a Food Blogger: Follow Lindsay Ostrom First appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

“The reason I, and so many others, love travel so much is because it is surely the best way to smash through pre-conceptions and break down cultural barriers,” she explained in a recent interview with Mother Tongue.

“When we are once again able to move freely post COVID-19, I hope people will see what a gift we’d been taking for granted travel really is. I hope we will approach travel with the ambition to immerse ourselves in new cultures so that we can acknowledge, celebrate, embrace and learn from our cultural differences, rather than persecute them.

“I’m so thankful for the places that have been able to reopen with all the necessary social distancing measures in place, and appreciate the huge amount of planning and hard work that’s gone into that,” she added in a recent Instagram post.

“Remember, the big chains will be better equipped to make it through the other side of these strange times. The small places are fighting every day to stay afloat, and it’s us—their customers—that can throw them the lifeline they need by giving them our business.”

Her Instagram page is a breath of fresh air these days. Follow her travels, as she tastes the many flavors available in the culinary world.

The post Looking For Your Next Food and Travel Blogger? Look No Further! appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Food bloggers and adventurers Sue Reddel and Diana Laskaris aim to connect food travelers with the best food and travel experiences in the world. Their online platform, Food Travelist (which includes a website and Instagram page), documents the two’s travels around the globe, with special emphasis on local dishes.

“We’re relentless at finding what’s new and noteworthy as well as revisiting the tried and true,” write Reddel and Laskaris on their website. “Whether a tool that makes life better at home, a product that improves your trip or an experience somewhere that you’ve just got to try, we’re honest about what we like and whether we think you’ll like it too.”

“Our stories share the best of everything from worthwhile splurges to delightful deals,” they add. “We don’t ever want you to waste your time and money on an experience that doesn’t meet your standards or makes you feel uncomfortable or unwelcome. We are here to share everything with you—the good, the bad, and, yes, sometimes even the ugly. We put ourselves out there and tell you what happens.”

With more than 10k followers on Instagram, you should definitely check out the Food Travelist.

The post Enjoy Some Memorable Food Experiences with These Viral Bloggers appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Now with her own cookbook and over 125,000 devoted fans on Instagram, Lee’s blog has outgrown it’s humble beginnings. Born in Taiwan, raised in Vancouver, and slow-aged in New York, and now based in Hong Kong, her recipes include a healthy dose of humor. “For those who are in their mid-30’s sliding towards the big 4, spoiler alert, it’s all downhill from there,” she writes in a recent post, where she shares a photo of spinach pasta. “Nowadays pasta is just a Trojan horse for daily vegetable intake, the ratio of which has gone from 7:3 to 5:5, and something tells me that eventually a plate of spinach garnished with a couple strands of spaghetti is all but inevitable in the very near future. Don’t worry, it won’t be long now.”

Another post includes a tasty looking chicken burger. “Too long has this noble bird been ignored in the race to find an alternative for ground beef in the wake of its impact on global warming,” Lee notes. “And I would just like to say that before you turn to meats grown in a petri-dish, this bird has a secret weapon to be unleashed.”

According to Lee, her recipes are written intuitively, just like the way she cooks. She also admits that before her blog she never used to measure anything during cooking, nor has she ever precisely followed a recipe successfully. But she trusts that you follow her instructions!

Purchase her cookbook here and follow her buzzing Instagram page for more.

The post The Wonderfully Intuitive Cooking of Mandy Lee appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.