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Marianela

  • 100 mile diet
    The Earth Element

    The 100-Mile Diet

    This is a diet that I can get behind! The 100-mile diet is the simple act of eating foods grown in your immediate environment.  In fact, this locavore movement has been set in motion…

  • cacao
    Fuddhist Travel

    The Drink of The Gods

    My treasured Willy Wonka moment! A trek across this 700-ft suspension bridge, over the raging Saripiquí river, didn’t lead me to any Oompa Loompas or sideways elevators. But, it did lead me to the purest chocolate on…

  • Fuddhist Approved

    Together Inspired L.A.

    Last New Year’s Eve, I received a phone call that left me speechless. My family and I had lost my Grandfather’s wife to diabetes. Exactly one year after losing my Grandfather, we had now…

  • Love

    Gracias, Sabina!

    Many claimed that her dream started on a street cart, but it’s obvious to me that her dream started in her garden. Sabina has been cultivating and tending to her garden for more than…

  • Fuddhist Fun

    Tiny Food Explorers!

    I created Tiny Food Explorers because I believe that involving children in as many food-related activities as possible is a great way for them to not only build a relationship with food but to…