Monica Pastor – Humans of SD

“In the kitchen, I’ve always seen my Abuela and my mother cooking Argentinian food and having my stepmom who is Filipina as well as my stepdad who is Mexican; I’ve always been surrounded by different immigrant cultures and traditional cuisines which kind of sparked my love for cooking from a young age. When I was younger I just liked the idea of being able to create new and dishes foods from simple ingredients but now I view cooking as more of an artistic process since I’ve started paying more attention into how I get my ingredients whether it’s through my herb garden or getting my vegetables and fruits through farmers markets. I think it’s actually become apart of my love language because I see food as something that has the ability to unite people I love,” Junior, Monica Pastor says.