LEA

Name: Lea Anselma 

What city were you born in? Savigliano (CN), Italy

Decade born? 2000's

What are three of your favorite memories from when you were really little until now?  

1. A trip to a small hidden waterfall in Umbria near Ananda, Assisi (Yoga retreat center).

2. My first tooth that fell out.

3. Camping at Ananda Assisi's family week last summer (2016).

What is the dessert? 

Chocolate Mousse of my mom's.

If you had to share your chocolate mousse - who would you want to share it with and why? Or, would you want to eat it all yourself ?

 I would share it with my friends because I want them to try/taste it.

If you could live anywhere in the world when you are grown up where would it be?

Ananda  in Assisi.

What comes to your mind when I say the word Food?  

My Grandma's pasta al forno and making mousse au chocolate with my mum.

Is there is one piece of advice that your your mom or dad always says to you in how to be in life? 

 Never give up!

 What do you like better - being in the mountains or being at the seaside?  

Seaside!

What is your favourite thing I can find in your room?

 Spank - my stuffed animal. He sleeps, travels, and goes everywhere with me.

If you could be anything when you grow up what would it be? 

A singer or a bartender ( no comment by her mother) :) 

What is your very favourite book, song or movie (or all three )?  

Book: Diario di Nikki (Dork Diaries) Song: Titanium (oh mamma mia, should I be worried? comment by her mom), Movie: Ballerina

What are the names of your very best friends and whats your favourite thing to do together?

Rossella, Nives and Giulia. We like to play detectives together.

What is the best thing you know how to make and who taught you how to make it?
Bananas with chocolate topping. I made up the recipe myself.

Diana

Name: Diana Zahuranec

What city were you born in? DuBois, Pennsylvania

What decade where you born? 1980's 

Three things you remember most from the first decade of your life?

1. Playing outside all the time with my two best friends, who were my neighbors, and my brother.

2. The rope swing in our backyard in the woods, and the playground my Dad built.

3.  The move to Pennsylvania to West Virginia and how excited I was about it. For Show and Tell at my school I decided to bring in the fact that I was moving. I was maybe 6 or 7-yrs-old. I remember looking at my best friend, and she had a huge frown.

What is the dessert?  

Black Raspberry Pie

Who would you want to eat this dessert with ?  

With my family. 

Where would you want to eat this last dessert?

At my home in West Virginia where I grew up, made from berries picked from the forest.

What comes to your mind when I say the word FOOD?

Dessert, cake, dinner, relaxation. wholesome.

What is the best piece of advice anyone has given you?  

Be yourself.

What is your job? 

Assistant Account Executive at Colangelo & Partners  *At the time of this interview Diana was living in Italy and working as a Writer and Managing Editor of the Grand Wine Tour. She recently moved to NYC.

What is your favorite object I can find in your kitchen? 

My pressure cooker.

Favorite quote?

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." - Aristotle

Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

I don't see myself anywhere geographically.  I would love to see myself as a published author with the ability to live wherever I want. 

Three most important things in your life?

1.  My health - eating well, being active, feeling healthy every day 

2. Family and close friends

3. My writing

Laura

Name: Laura Robles

What city were you born in? Tarragona, Spain

Decade born? 1980's 

Three things you remember most from the first decade of your life?

1. Playing in the garden.

2. My friend Espe - playing together in my room and on her family's farm. 

3. Mondays! Every Monday my mom would do Tortilla De Patata. She would only make this on Mondays and every year on  December 31st. 

What is the dessert? 

Croccantino alle mandorle con semi freddo mascarpone con tortino al cuore caldo !

Who would you want to eat this dessert with ?

With the same person that I first tried it with.

Where would you eat this dessert?

I would eat in in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica.

What comes to your mind when I say the word Food?  

Wine, first plate, second & dessert!

Profession:

 Engineer but working currently as a Project Manager.

What is the best piece of advice anyone has given you?

You are much better than you think you are !  My mom told me this. 

Favorite object I can find in your kitchen?

My white cup - it's what I use the most. 

Favorite Quote:

Happiness is not outside - it's inside of you.

Where do you see yourself in 20 years ?

I have no idea. I think I will be in a couple - probably with children. Having enough freedom to travel and enough money so I don't have to work so much. Traveling here and there meeting people and learning new languages. 

Three most important things in your life?

1. Passion

2. My mom

3. My job