Published in ILLUMINATION·Jun 94 Science-Backed Tips to Eat Less and Taste MoreSimple ways to enhance your eating — Most of us live in a world surrounded by food. …Diet8 min read
Published in The CookBook for all·Jun 7Make Your Own Yogurt (Tips & Tricks)How to help your Lactobacillus buddies — You’ve decided you’re going to give yogurt-making a go. Great choice. Maybe you’ve even knocked out a few good batches for your next tart frosting, potluck tzatziki, or — my personal favorite — breakfast parfait. Or maybe your yogurt hasn’t yet made you swoon over your spoon and you’ve been…Yogurt7 min read
Published in The CookBook for all·Jun 3Yogurt made simpleClear instructions to start your probiotic journey — After writing an entire article about the magic of yogurt, I thought I should give you a clear and straightforward recipe to start making your own. …Dairy3 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Jun 2Why aren’t you making your own yogurt?It’s easier (and greener) than you think — During the pandemic, some of us obsessed over sourdough. Others religiously followed Youtube fitness gurus, constructed birdhouses, sewed crafty-looking face masks, or discovered the lost arts of shoe cobbling and basket weaving. As for me, I chose trash. Each night of the lockdown, I channeled all my COVID anxieties into…Yogurt8 min read
May 18More Problems with Slow FoodSexism, unsustainability, and meat — [This is the second article in a three-part series on Slow Food. If you missed part one, here’s the link.] For those of you just tuning in, grab your shovels because we’re digging deep into the Slow Food movement. Founded in 1986 in Italy, Slow Food strives to “ensure everyone has access to good, clean and fair food.” By protecting rare varieties threatened by agricultural homogenization and…Food13 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·May 11Why I Won’t Join the Slow Food MovementXenophobia, nationalism, and so much more — (This is the first article in a three-part series on Slow Food. Subscribe or follow me to get notified when the second part is released.) “Inevitably, the manufacturers of processed food argue that they have allowed us to become the people we want to be, fast and busy, no longer…Food9 min read
Published in The CookBook for all·Apr 23My favorite sustainable Italian recipeCelebrate Earth Day with a taste of the Mediterranean — “Just how destructive does a culinary preference have to be before we decide to eat something else?… And if you are tempted to put off these questions of conscience, to say not now, then when?” — Jonathan Safron Foer Almost every morning of my childhood, I ate Honey Nut Cheerios…Recipe6 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Apr 20Dieticians Are All WrongLive to eat, not eat to live Yesterday I caught up with an old friend on the phone. Intimidatingly intelligent with the sort of warm personality that can make January in Chicago feel downright toasty, Jess and I were close friends when I lived in the States. …Diet8 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Apr 14Why Jews Don’t Eat Bread on PassoverIt’s not the reason you think — Everything you know about Passover is a lie. Okay, not everything. But the story about matzoh — the cardboard crackers Jews eat instead of real bread during the Passover holiday — is probably fake news. …Bread2 min read
Apr 13Eating is punk rock as f*ckWanna stick it to the man? Use a fork. — I used to be afraid of enjoying food. Of course, I never disclosed this fear to a living soul. I knew dieting was too feminine, and feminine things were the kryptonite of cool. The cool girl never wasted her cool time on girly bullshit like makeup or hair because she…Food4 min read
