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Elise Wanger Zell
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ILLUMINATION

·Jun 9, 2022

4 Science-Backed Tips to Eat Less and Taste More

Simple ways to enhance your eating — Most of us live in a world surrounded by food. …

Diet

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4 Science-Backed Tips to Eat Less and Taste More
4 Science-Backed Tips to Eat Less and Taste More
Diet

8 min read


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The CookBook for all

·Jun 7, 2022

Make 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…

Yogurt

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Make Your Own Yogurt (Tips & Tricks)
Make Your Own Yogurt (Tips & Tricks)
Yogurt

7 min read


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The CookBook for all

·Jun 3, 2022

Yogurt made simple

Clear 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. …

Dairy

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Yogurt made simple
Yogurt made simple
Dairy

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ILLUMINATION

·Jun 2, 2022

Why 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…

Yogurt

8 min read

Why aren’t you making your own yogurt?
Why aren’t you making your own yogurt?
Yogurt

8 min read


May 18, 2022

More Problems with Slow Food

Sexism, 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.” …

Food

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More Problems with Slow Food
More Problems with Slow Food
Food

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ILLUMINATION

·May 11, 2022

Why I Won’t Join the Slow Food Movement

Xenophobia, 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…

Food

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Why I Won’t Join the Slow Food Movement
Why I Won’t Join the Slow Food Movement
Food

9 min read


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The CookBook for all

·Apr 23, 2022

My favorite sustainable Italian recipe

Celebrate 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…

Recipe

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My favorite sustainable Italian recipe
My favorite sustainable Italian recipe
Recipe

6 min read


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ILLUMINATION

·Apr 20, 2022

Dieticians Are All Wrong

Live 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. …

Diet

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Dieticians Are All Wrong
Dieticians Are All Wrong
Diet

8 min read


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ILLUMINATION

·Apr 14, 2022

Why Jews Don’t Eat Bread on Passover

It’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. …

Bread

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Why Jews Don’t Eat Bread on Passover
Why Jews Don’t Eat Bread on Passover
Bread

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Apr 13, 2022

Eating is punk rock as f*ck

Wanna 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…

Food

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Eating is punk rock as f*ck
Eating is punk rock as f*ck
Food

4 min read

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Elise Wanger Zell

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