Sandra Brigode

Hi! I’m Sandra and this blog is my new way to share my food and wine discoveries. We eat and drink every day. It’s a major quality of life improvement to beautify those moments, don’t you agree?

I was on a typical corporate path with my MBA and investment banking career, but stepped off the track to spend time with my family. During those years, I developed my home cooking skills and wine knowledge. I began entertaining. A lot. My husband and I built a sizable wine collection. I started studying to become certified by the Court of Master Sommeliers. There’s still that matter of passing the exams, but the tasting portion of the studying has definitely been fun! Most importantly, I learned to take pleasure in all those daily moments that make up life – sitting down at a nicely set table to a dinner I made with the freshest ingredients, drinking our wine out of the perfect everyday wine glasses.

I was born in South Korea and grew up in the Chicago suburbs chronicled in John Hughes movies. New York and Honolulu are home now, but I’m hoping to complete the trifecta and add Rome to the list.

Please keep reading to share my travels and quest for joy through food and wine.