Connecting the World through Books and Snacks

World of Snacks initially started solely as a blog. It was a fun place for our family to share photos and details on snacks that we discovered from around the world. Our goal was to learn more about a variety of foreign cultures through their junk food.  Fast-forward nearly 3 years and our blog is still running strong.  We’ve now sampled snacks from 40 countries.  It’s been a ton of fun for our family and we’ve taken our blog and created a successful international snack store that currently offers the best snacks from 12 different countries.

​While exploring with our blog and developing our snack store we created many valuable relationships with people from all over the world.  Snack enthusiast from across the globe reached out to us with suggestions on which snacks to try - always including a list of their favorites.  The world became a much smaller place as we connected with people from all walks of life.  We now understand much more about different cultures and we continue to learn. 

​In my personal quest for increased international knowledge I ran across a TED Talk from writer and blogger Ann Morgan who lives in London, UK.  TED is an acronym for Technology, Entertainment, and Design. They are a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas in the form of short inspirational videos.   Ann created a blog called A Year of Reading the World.  Here she highlights her exploration on the world through books.  Her story is inspiring and although her experience with exploring cultures is more in-depth than ours, we felt our individual journeys venture down some similar paths.

​Although you may have come here looking for a lighthearted review on random snacks from around the world, today you get to watch this inspiring video. Enjoy!