Featured Articles: Health & Nutrition
What Could Be Lurking In Your Favorite Happy Hour Drink?
Hi, my name’s Kelly and I’ve been told that I get giddy when talking about fitness and nutrition. I’m a southern California girl, born and raised. I moved to northern California for my undergrad and moved right back down south for grad school. I have been a vegetarian for about thirteen years and tried being [...]
More than Just a Cooking Class : Food Studies Emerges in Higher Education
“So, what’s next?” is a question my fellow recent college graduates and I have answered a lot lately. Along with this question though, my family has been asking me another for which the answer is already very much determined: “So, what exactly was your major? I didn’t know that UNC-Chapel Hill had a program for [...]
Feels Like Home!
Growing up, my family moved all over the place. Though my sister and I were both born in Wyoming, over our childhood we spent time in Africa, Houston and Colorado. Immediately after I went to college, my family moved to Geneva, Switzerland. I feel very fortunate to have been able to grow up in many [...]
Fantasizing About Food: My 7-Day Juice Detox
For one week, every day at 3PM, I studied. Studied every food menu I could find online. Food trucks, restaurants…I drooled over all the foods I planned to eat during the following week. I Google-mapped my eating plan by the hour. Dan dan mien, pork belly takos, chana masala… …all the while, I was on [...]
How do You Choose Your Food?
How do you decide what to buy at the supermarket? On average, a consumer takes 25-47 seconds to make a decision about a food product, and usually, it’s based on habitual purchasing decisions. Unfortunately, with the never-ending and continually growing plethora of food available on our supermarket shelves choosing habitually may not be the best [...]
I Got Married! A Fresh Start: Mushrooms & Coconut Oil
On March 19, 2011, I got married!! The beloved Frank Stasio of NPR officiated. Even Wool E. Bull came to celebrate my wedding. OK, before I get my parents into a tizzy, I didn’t actually marry a person (sorry folks, still single!). I married Durham! I’ve never lived in a city with so much pride [...]
Guest/The Allure of Lavender
Welcome to our guest contributor, Susan Curtis, who works with Lila Avery-Fuson of Central Coast Lavender! Susan is the company’s Social Marketing Director and founder of All Social. She can be contacted at: susan (at) allsocial.biz. Thank you for sharing your farm and for the beautiful recipes! When you think of lavender, do you immediately [...]
‘Unprocessed’ Processed Food? Sunshine Burgers: The IRONIC
When it comes to food, most people agree that fresh is best and whole is blessed. But, um, I have two small children and a couple of full-time jobs. And so I’ve grown comfortable with the reality that there is never any such thing as perfection. There are not that many processed foods that get [...]
Guest/Healthy Food for Living: Dried Fruit & Nut Truffle Recipes
Dearest Readers, please welcome our newest guest contributor, Ms. Lauren from Healthy Food for Living. She has come to us with the most delectable recipes and a food philosophy that resonates with Zomppa. We are sure you will find Lauren’s recipes and perspective refreshing & awe-inspiring. Hello Zomppa readers! My name is Lauren and I [...]
Honey, the miracle food?
Is sugar always sugar? Honey, that delectable liquid goo, is the reason I ask this question. By some, it’s touted as a miracle food (there is even a branch of alternative medicine, known as apitherapy, that offers treatments based on honey and other bee products), while for others, sugar is considered to be essentially the [...]
