North America

Pyramids and Maize: Mexico’s Heartland and its Impact on Global Food Culture

Photography by Samantha Demangate Amongst the pyramids and ruins of Mexico’s heartland, is a culinary story that has taken on the world and changed it forever.   “How many degrees is this building tilting?” I asked the museum curator in Mexico City’s Palacio de la Autonomía de la UNAM museum. “A little, the city was built on a lake and now it’s sinking.” The lake she was talking about was Lake Texcoco, a vast body of…

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North America

The Ultimate Santa Barbara Weekend

All Photos by Samantha Demangate The Pandemic has chained everyone to their households. The insatiable itch to visit far off destinations full of adventures and life-changing experiences has reached a new intensity. People are looking forward to exploring the world around them like never before. When the pandemic finally ends and humanity can carry on living out their wildest fantasies, many people will book a flight to somewhere far away and exotic. Others will stay…

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