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Want to see what I did this summer?

If you’re curious to see how I spent my summer, watch this video (you can see it below). It’s Ligia and I, presenting our work. She wrote her fourth book (our third on raw food) and I did the design, layout, editing and photography for it.

The book is called “Deserturi pentru Parinti si Copii Sanatosi”; in English, that’s “Desserts for Healthy Parents and Children”. As you can imagine, it’s a book filled with yummy and healthy raw food desserts that your whole family will love.

The second book we show in the video is Ligia’s second book, which is now in its third edition. It’s called “Retete Vegane Fara Foc”; in English, that’s “Raw Vegan Recipes”.

The video’s in Romanian (and so are the books) but you’ll get the gist of it even without understanding the language. It’s short, sweet and to the point, and yeah, we spent the whole summer working on those two books. If you count all of the time spent on the book of desserts, writing and trying out the recipes, taking the photos etc., it comes to about a year’s work.

Part of that year’s work was finding a good print shop, one that can print at the highest quality possible, using only the best materials. We believe we found it, after a long search, and are very happy with the results. Both of the books we printed with them look amazing and are well worth the purchase.

Enjoy!

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Thanksgiving recipes from YouTube Next Chef

For those of you who want to keep up with the YouTube Next Chef and Next Trainer programs, YouTube publishes weekly wrap-up episodes, where they highlight what we’re learning and producing.

This week’s Next Chef video features Thanksgiving recipes and we’re thrilled to see that Ligia’s recipe was chosen as the video thumbnail and as the first recipe presented in the video. Austin and the rest of the friendly gang at YouTube, thank you! I know that next week, a different recipe and participant will be shown first, but it’s really nice to see they chose us this week. We worked hard on this particular episode, harder than on previous ones, and I’m glad our efforts were noticed.

Enjoy the video and in case I don’t get to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving again, let me do it right now:

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Ligia was chosen for YouTube’s Next Chef program!

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A little while ago, we heard about a contest Google had announced, called the YouTube Next Chef Program. We immediately thought about Ligia’s cooking show, Ligia’s Kitchen, and what a great fit that would be for the contest. Ligia applied, but didn’t think she’d win, particularly because the field of applicants was global, and the program promised to be exceptionally good in terms of the training and rewards offered. I had a gut feeling about it, I knew we’d put in the hard work needed to produce a quality show and felt we had a really good chance.

The contest winners would receive a 12-week training course in improving the quality and content of their videos, in marketing and promoting their videos and shows, and would also receive a package worth about $15,000 in exposure across YouTube and in new video equipment.

Time passed quickly and last week, we found out to our amazement that she’d been chosen as one of the 16 winners! I couldn’t believe it! For her, it was nothing short of a miracle. For me it was a confirmation of our efforts.

We got in touch with the folks at YouTube to find out the details, and were advised to be ready to receive inquiries from the American media. Sure enough, on Tuesday night around 1 am our time, we were talking with a journalist from the Sun Sentinel, the biggest paper in South Florida, who then wrote about Ligia on his blog. From what we understand, Ligia will also be mentioned or featured in the printed version of the newspaper within a few days.

We couldn’t say anything until yesterday, when the official announcement was made on the YouTube blog. We can’t thank Google enough, and Ligia can’t wait for the courses to begin! I’ll join in on the courses as well and look forward to learning new things.

You can watch all the episodes of our show, Ligia’s Kitchen, here. And if you’re not yet subscribed to Ligia’s channel or her website, let me invite you now to do so.

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Ligia’s Kitchen: A raw zucchini spaghetti dish

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We published the seventeenth episode of Ligia’s Kitchen tonight. It’s an already popular recipe of Ligia’s, loved by all who try it at her culinary demonstrations. It’s already been featured on national TV in Romania, several times, so we thought it was high time to film it for the show. It’s raw spaghetti, made from zuchinni, though any member of the squash family will do. Naturally, the spaghetti sauce is also raw.

Bon appetit!

LK-017-RO-HD with English subtitles
Released 5/22/11

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Quilling – The Art of Paper Filigree – Episode 2

In this episode, you will learn how to put together various design elements in order to create a veritable paper filigree (quilling) greeting card. It uses techniques taught in the first episode, plus it introduces some new ones. You’ll really like the result!

English subtitles available directly on YouTube. Click on the video itself to be taken to its page on YouTube, where you’ll be able to turn on/off the subtitles using the CC button.

Episode QARH-002-RO-HD
Released 2/25/11

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