“With a lot of love, there’s some darkness behind the dish”
Category: Culinary Conversations
The rise of anxiety and depression from a perfect storm
Mental health. What comes to your mind when you hear those two words. Is it the mixed feeling of an unpredictable event that may or may not happen, like the notorious anxiety feeling? Or maybe it’s the downward spiral of depression that is slowly killing us every day?
The Horrifying Fallout of COVID-19
I was driving down memory lane in my car. The places I went before the pandemic happened. All the places where I eat with friends, play, and even went away when I feel out of place, slowly disappear.
Slowly finding peace
It’s been a wild 6 years in the food industry. I’ve been burned, cut, and maybe blown myself up several times. I’ve sacrificed everything for this. My relationship, friends, and parts of my sanity. All my blood, sweat, and tears have been poured onto this place where I call this my passion.
It’s been a while
It’s been a while. Roads are empty. Places where we used to go, are quiet. And everyone feels a bit lonely. But we started to see a new beginning that we have been promised. A new normal where we are free to do what we please. A new chapter for us to start.
My 2020 recap
2020 is a year that will go down in history. It affected millions of lives if not billions physically, mentally or physically. Whether it’s Covid-19, racial justice taking a huge stand or a loss of a celebrity or a loved one, it teaches us to adapt in every situation. I won’t say that 2020 is…
A Christmas story (part 2)
When I got upstairs, she’s nowhere to be found. Then I saw my front door unlocked.
A Christmas story (part 1)
It was a week before Christmas and all through the house, not a person was awake, except me, who was preparing the turkey for tomorrow’s highschool reunion party.
The Sad Truth of our Society
One thing I learned about in 2020 is something I learned a while ago as well, but this year it really resonated with me and it became what I think is the sad truth of our society. I’ll try to keep this on an even playing field for all of us to understand.
Why I went dark
I haven’t done these kinds of blogs before, but I want to share with you all why I went dark for more than a month. Maybe I’ll call this “To us”. I’ll figure out a better blog title later. Let’s get into it. As you guys may or may not know, my workplace has closed…
The Culinary Storyteller 