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Sofia Reino

Sofia Reino grew up in many kitchens. With her diplomat parents, Sofia lived a gypsy life, moving from one country to another and one cuisine to the next. Her passion for food began while she lived in Norway. At age nine, she’d run downstairs to the kitchen as soon as she finished her homework to help her mother and the cook prepare a variety of meals. The dishes were mostly Portuguese but with an international twist.

She spent each summer in Portugal, where again she enjoyed countless hours in the kitchen, this time with her avó (grandmother) and the kitchen helpers. Food and wellness were always important to her, though after finishing her architectural degree in Brooklyn, she followed the design and marketing profession.

In every place she lived, she had a small vegetable garden, volunteered at organic farms, and would keep on taking culinary courses. She even ended up becoming a plant-based personal chef, has been giving cooking workshops, and owned her own organic farm in Sintra. She is now based in Lisbon.

Since the first time she became a recipe tester for LC, she has loved every second to test even more recipes and enlarge her culinary fan. She also has had a chance to be a tester and developer for a few published chefs. Apart from design, marketing, and her two daughters, food is the center of her life and she loves to entertain and experiment in the kitchen.

Sofia has so many favorite recipes on the site and her all-time favorite is the Portuguese Duck Risotto. This is closely followed by the Flourless Chocolate-Vanilla Marble Cake, Shrimp and Grits, and Goat Cheese with Olives, Lemon and Thyme, which no party can happen without! She could go on and on and on.