INTRODUCING KAROOTZA MAGAZINE.



For those who don't settle.
For nomads.

FOOD


Healthy, creative recipes
and food stories.
Inspired by cultures
All over the world.

TRAVEL

Enjoy spontaneous adventures.
Near and far from home.

WELLBEING

Feel
Amazing in your body
Through optimal nutrition
and mindful movement.

MEANINGFUL LIVELIHOOD


Create a meaningful,
Sustainable livelihood.
Follow your dreams.

Presenting the second issue of Karootza Magazine: The Unexpected Journey



Karootza is a collaborative online lifestyle magazine, including sections on food, travel, wellbeing and meaningful livelihood. Our goal is to inspire you to live more fully in each moment, to help you achieve optimal wellness and happiness. Each issue is focused on a theme.

The theme for this issue is “The Unexpected Journey”.

We are very excited to bring you along the voyage of our new magazine, and appreciate our contributors, who have shared their journeys with us.

In this second issue:

  • Face your fears and take a ride on the tallest, longest, fastest zipline in North America!
  • Begin an unexpected journey with Nicu, from 1980's Communist Romania to modern day Boston.
  • Learn how Esther, a prosecutor turned artist, started out collecting mosquitos.
  • Spend a day in the life of Parisian Entrepreneur du Jour, Julien.
  • Travel back to 1970's Hong Kong with Master Yon Lee to discover Tai Chi.
Please explore our featured articles, and feel free to send us your feedback!

Stay tuned for something exciting in the next issue; and happy reading!

Don't Let Fears Get in the Way of Happiness
June 2016

Ride along with Kathleen and Nicu on the Sasquatch: the tallest, fastest, longest zipline in North America!
Whistler, British Columbia

Kathleen

Editor in Chief

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Recipe for "Zipline/British Columbia" experience on a budget
Do you want to live our experience?
June 2016

You don't need a large budget. Here's how you do it.



Kathleen

Editor in Chief

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My unexpected journey: from Iaşi, Romania to Boston, MA
June 2016

"For years, I meant to write about my long - long and unexpected journey."


Nicu

Contributor

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Esther's Column: Before the law came mosquitos, lots of mosquitos
June 2016

"In 2008 I left the practice of law to live more creatively. This column explores my journey..."

Esther

Columnist

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Entrepreneur du Jour: A Day in the Life of a Parisian Entrepreneur
June 2016

Spend the day with Julien, a startup founder and father of two who lives in Paris.

Julien

Contributor

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An Interview With Tai Chi Master Yon Lee – Part One
June 2016

Part one of a comprehensive interview with the best Tai Chi teacher in Boston.



Kathleen, Editor in Chief
Nicu, Contributor
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Meditative Moment
June 2016

Anderson Lake, British Columbia. Imagine your next journey. Where will you go?



Kathleen

Editor in Chief

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Presenting the first issue of Karootza Magazine: Start Something New

Nicu and Kathleen's Healthy Cozonac
March 2016

Join Kathleen and Nicu in making a healthier version of the traditional Romanian Easter bread Cozonac.

Kathleen

Editor in Chief

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Esther's Column: The Beginning
March 2016

"In 2008 I left the practice of law to live more creatively. This column explores my journey..."

Esther

Columnist

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An Unexpected Food Entrepreneur in Romania
March 2016

Meet an unexpected entrepreneur in a place where the enterprising spirit has yet to be nourished.

Kathleen

Editor in Chief

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Linda's Almond Milk and Carrabassett Truffles
March 2016

Try making your own almond milk. Then, use the leftover almond pulp to make fiber and nutrient rich truffles!

Kathleen

Editor in Chief

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Silvia's Spring Nettle Soup, for Sharing
March 2016

Silvia made this soup for some children who helped with her garden. They ate every drop.

Kathleen

Editor in Chief

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Ray's Wine Braised Open Water Salmon
March 2016

Join Ray for open water fishing season in Maine. "If you're lucky to catch a salmon, I've got a nice recipe for you!"

Kathleen

Editor in Chief

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Stay tuned for the Next Issue!


About Us

Karootza: For those who don't settle. For nomads.

Karootza is a collaborative online lifestyle magazine, including sections on food, travel, wellness and meaningful livelihood. It will inspire you to make changes in the way you eat, live and work, for optimal health and happiness. It is optimistic, creative, spontaneous, authentic, smart, funny, and curious, like you.

Don't settle in your career, travel the world, explore your dreams and develop your potential. Create your most meaningful livelihood, savor healthy creative meals, dance through life, and enjoy spontaneous adventures in each moment.

Karootza is a playful spelling of căruța (prounounced ka-root-za), a horse drawn carriage, still a vital means of transportation for people in many villages in Romania. I was given a ride in a căruța in a small village called Hărpășești.

I was inspired by the căruța carrying families to market, căruțas piled high with towers of hay, even căruțas driven wildly by furious and free young children. Sometimes I saw a baby horse running beside her mother, who was leading the căruța. The căruța is the vehicle for motion, strong, authentic, breaking the ground beneath its wheels. It also represents freedom and exploration, taking you on an open air journey, exposing your true, sometimes funny, self.

Meet our Team

Kathleen

Editor in Chief

Kathleen is passionate about
food, travel, wellbeing and
helping people create meaningful
livelihoods.

Esther

Columnist

After eleven years as a state
prosecutor in New England,
Esther retired from the practice of
law at 38 years old to live more
creatively...

Julien

Contributor

Parisian startup founder,
father of 2,
ready to embrace new habits.

Nicu

Contributor

Nicu is passionate about
food, travel, wine,
entrepreneurship and about
helping people reach their
potential.

Linda

Contributor

Linda is an expert in healthy
cooking and eating. She enjoys
gardening and living a free
spirited life in the mountains
of Maine.

Silvia

Contributor

Silvia likes to garden and
paint Romanian Orthodox icons.
She also enjoys sharing her home
cooked meals.

Ray

Contributor

Ray is an active retiree
and avid fisherman.
He has a cat named Tabby.