

Huaraz, Peru: Trekking Adventures, Glaciers, and 75 Year Old Flowers
We had been looking forward to Huaraz, Peru as we’ve heard such great things – one friend even declared that she thought the hikes were more spectacular than the trail Continue Reading →
Huanchaco, Peru: Huanchaco, Huanchaco, Huanchaco
Sube, sube, sube! Huanchaco, Huanchaco, Huanchaco! This was a familiar call from the combi* hustlers from my 3 months in Huanchaco in 2008 with 12 other Duke students volunteering with Continue Reading →

Lobitos, Peru: Perfect Surf, Mansion Living, and First Try at Volunteering
Enter: Lobitos, Peru. In the 1900s, Lobitos was an oil boom town with South America’s first cinema, a casino, the works. Surprised you haven’t heard of it? Well, fast-forward and Continue Reading →
Mancora. Peru: Fishy Breakfast and The Great Surfboard Hunt
Originally, the plan was to take buses through southern Colombia, through Ecuador then Peru. Unfortunately, extensive protests/road closures made bus travel difficult, so we flew as far south as we Continue Reading →

Colombia Reflection: Entrepreneurs and Amazing Fruit
The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Colombia – many homes had small store fronts, carts vendors lined the streets, plentiful farmer’s markets and every bus ride included a Continue Reading →

Mornings in Medellin, Colombia
We took the opportunity of Juan Diego and Ana Maria’s amazing kitchen to prepare and share a few home cooked meals. Saturday, Matt made his (favorite!) breakfast tacos, something new Continue Reading →

Profile: Raw Food Vagabond – Cartagena, Colombia
“You can’t party forever, but you can live happily and healthy, well not forever, but a lot longer.” We met Jonathan at the Roof Hostel in Cartagena, Colombia. We were Continue Reading →

Bogota: Empanadas, Savory Fruit Recipes, and Expanding Palates
New friends in Bogota During our second day in Bogota, we were lucky to meet up with a friend of a friend, Luis & Jennie (thanks again, Steph!). Luis is Continue Reading →
Texas Heart in California Meets Schnitzel
Profiles are to highlight people we meet along the way. Documenting our conversations with them about food and its role in communities and families. ————– A home cooked meal Continue Reading →
Recipe: Crawfish
Ingredients: 15 lbs. of live crawfish* 1 box of salt for purging** 5 lbs. of crawfish seasoning, add more for extra spiciness 4 lemons, halved 6 heads of garlic, unpeeled Continue Reading →
Southbay Crawfish Boil
During my first year in California, the only get-togethers I had been to were either at a restaurant or someone’s house for a “BBQ” (in Californian tongue, that translates to Continue Reading →
Recipe: Pol Sambol
Pol Sambol was my favorite dish during my visit to Sri Lanka. It goes with almost everything and reminds me of coconut salsa. Traditionally served with most meals with buttered Continue Reading →

Matt & CommunEaty
Many people have asked where we got the idea for this project, and although I wish I had a witty one liner there have been several reasons that influenced my Continue Reading →

Amanda’s CommunEaty Inspiration
From a young age, my parents shared their love of travel with my sister and I by taking us on several trips a year, from Texas-DisneyWorld road trips to a Continue Reading →