Bringing The International Food Market Home

Our Favourite Food Bloggers

Photo by Faucets.

If you are unable to travel or in between trips, a wonderful way to continue to grow your cultural capital is by exploring international cuisine at home. In many cultures, food is the gateway to the heart. We strongly believe that understanding a culture’s culinary and linguistic traditions is the best way to dip your feet into understanding its people. Here are our favourite international food bloggers to get you started:

HotThaiKitchen

The world of Asian food is diverse but HotThaiKitchen does it right. The feature blogger Pailin has been in the game for 10+ years with her goof blog and YouTube Channel. Pailin is a professional chef who provides easy-to-follow Thai recipes.

Cook Like a Jamaican

Cook Like a Jamaican is a blog and YouTube channel that shares authentic Jamaican-style recipes. Their concept revolves around a lady named Angela who wants to learn how to cook more Jamaican dishes. Their Mission is to share Jamaican culture across the world through food and storytelling. Mother Fay provides the most significant Jamaican dishes from toto to the beloved ackee and even rum punch.

Jikont Magic

J.M is an authentic Kenyan-inspired and easy-to-follow blogger to fulfill your curiosity. Their content is written in English and Swahili. They also have YouTube videos that are helpful to follow along.

Laylita

Laylita is an Ecuadorian blogger, with cross-continental recipes from western Europe, Mexico, the USA, and other Latin American nations. What we like about Laylita’s blog is the realness and authenticity of her recipes. She makes them her own and is inspired by her nomadic lifestyle and encourages readers to adjust the recipes as desired.

Diasporic Living

This video was created by Nadege, a young lady who identifies as experiencing diaspora, as she was born in Cameroon but lives in Boston. In the vlog, they discuss the food they are cooking for a family Thanksgiving celebration. It is addressed that Cameroon does not have a national holiday like Thanksgiving, but people celebrate it differently by choosing to be grateful and giving thanks to the lord for what they have been given.

The list can go on and on, but trying new foods and learning about their traditions and history is a terrific way to learn about a culture before you go there.