I’M Destinova and I am always crafting a new and fresh memories !!! I am the grown up and mature woman, who no longer counted my life in years, but in the countries, flavors, and stories shared over open-air meals.

Born and raised in Latvia, I’m always been curious ABOUT THE FOOD AND FLAVOURS! Even as a girl in Skriveri, very small village in Latvia I pressed my face against the window, watching my grandmother roll out the daugh for the speck pastries or rye bread and asking about every herb and spice.

My first joyrney began in Ireland, where I’ve spent a decent ammount of the time to develop my language skills and to feel grounded and to get a degree and the same time to taste the best Guiness!!

Since I travelled, I have not just packed my suitcase with a clothes, shoes, but also with a memorable axperiences all over the world. My suitcase was a spice rack, somwhere from a Zanzibar and smelled with a cardamon, smoked paprika, vanilla pods and exculisevely expensive coffee beans, which was possible to get just climbing the high mountains and finding the perfect harmony and peace in my heart.

And so, from the crowded food stores in the NYC or the quiet spice markets of Djerba island, from the smoky grills in Bermuda island to the sweetness of ice cream in Italy, because it’s simply a gelato, which you could eat as a main dish in a hot summer day!! I always wandered about the local markets, finding the best ingredients for my taste buds, and a single garlic clove wrapped in a handkerchief, tucked safely in my suitcase. Not because I need for a cooking, but because it reminded me that no matter how far my joyrney roamed, I always carried with me a taste of a new adventure, a spirit, and memories like spices: rich, bold and meant to be shared.