The History of Cookbooks and Where We Are Today
Almost every home I visit hosts an eclectic mix of cookbooks, from one-pot keto guides to faded, hand-written family heirlooms. The cookbook shelf seems to me a quiet way of […]
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The Language of our Food System: Food Apartheid and Food Sovereignty
You’ve probably heard of food deserts. A lot of folks have studied, written about, and presented this issue in our industrialized food system. Importantly, a lot of folks may know […]
EatWell at Home: Spice Things Up
Maybe you’ve just started going back to restaurants as they’ve opened up, or perhaps you’ve been supporting local restaurants by ordering in throughout the stay-at-home orders. Otherwise, home-cooked food has […]
EatWell at Home: 6 Ways to Preserve and Repurpose Food
With grocery store trips now few and far between, it might feel extra appealing to extend the lifetime of foods, and perhaps even repurpose foods after they’ve completed their useful […]
Building a Healthy Relationship with Food
In a perfect world, we would eat in harmony with our hunger signals, fully enjoy our meals, and choose more nutritious foods when possible. But this is often much more […]
ONE Step at a Time
Eating healthy and exercising are good for your overall health and well-being, right?! Well, yeah! However, starting and maintaining a healthful lifestyle may, at times, seem daunting. Trying to eat […]
UCLA Tackling Sustainability Goals Through Plant-Forward Menus
If you’ve lived or worked on the Hill, you’ve likely had a chance to experience the exceptional quality and variety that UCLA’s dining halls have to offer. You may have […]
Permanent On-Campus Teaching Kitchen to Open this Fall!
For the past few years, UCLA has hosted Teaching Kitchen classes at Sur La Table in Westwood. While these classes have been free for students, UCLA is required to pay […]
9 “Health-Washed” Foods and How to Spot Them
Processed sugar–known nemesis to good health– hides itself under almost 100 different names on packaging, often to confuse the consumer into thinking the food they’re eating is healthy. Sugar in […]
A chat with the garden coordinators on the Urban Gardening Certificate Program
To better understanding the motivation behind the Urban Gardening Certificate Program, I spoke with some of the key leaders behind the program. Mark Biedlingmaier and Ana Laura Paiva, two of […]
The Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center at UCLA is envisioned and supported by Jane and Terry Semel.
