Hi. I'm Isabel Twanmo, also known as Wontwans. 

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Wontwans started as an Instagram page in 2017 to showcase my favorite restaurant food finds. I knew I loved to cook, talk about food, and learn about anything related to food, but I found myself stuck in an unproductive “foodie” mentality posting any food I ate that looked “instagramable”. When I was laid off from my museum job in March 2020 due to the pandemic shutdown, many of the restaurants I loved to support closed, too. With so much free time at home, I started cooking more seriously, creating comfort and a means of creativity during a seemingly unstable and unpredictable time.

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Today, Wontwans has become so much more than a foodgram. It's a place to record recipes I've enjoyed putting together at home during the pandemic, a motivating space to share my self-taught cooking and amateur food photography journey, and a way to reconnect with my Chinese roots through cooking, ingredient exploration, and technique. 

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The recipes and photos I share are all of foods I like to make on a regular basis, some that remind me of home, and some that I just think other people might enjoy learning about too. And I really want to learn about them with you! Please don't hesitate to shoot me a comment, email, or question using the channels below, and make sure to follow @wontwans on Instagram for more.

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<3 Isabel