Eating a Rainbow, and the Role Ube Plays
Ube – pronounced “ooo - bay” – is shorthand for the purple yam, Dioscorea alata. Boiled and mashed, it becomes a tasty paste that is almost as synonymous with Filipino [...]
New Date in Town
American society has come a long way since the days of liberally using processed white sugar in everything, as sugar is tied to a host of health problems, and many [...]
Culinarily Speaking
As anyone knows, who you interact with – at work, socially, family, eating out, etc. – influences how you talk. In academia the fancy word for this is “discourse communities.” [...]
African Heritage Health Week
February is Black History Month in the US, an opportunity to learn about the African diaspora and Black contributions to the experiment that is America. African Heritage and Health Week [...]
Valentine’s Day Soldiers On
Many cultures take credit for kickstarting American traditions: “the Romans started civilization!” “The world owes it all to Greece!” “Thank the Dutch for civilization, etc.” America is a hodgepodge of [...]
Women’s Health Prevention
“Go Red for Women” is a women’s heart health initiative celebrated annually on the first Friday in February (Feb 3rd this year). The goal is to spread women’s health awareness [...]
Atomic Food
As much as I gobbled it, I somehow missed that Atomic Fireball candy, a well-known staple of Gen X and better youth, had a rather noticeable mushroom cloud on the [...]
Year of the Rabbit
The Lunar New Year represents the start of the lunar calendar based on the cycles of the moon, centering around traditions and foods passed down through the centuries. Many celebrate [...]
Quest for Fire
After a rough go of being a carpetbagger in Atlanta a few years ago, and deciding to go back north, I had some in-between time at an Airbnb. I’d never [...]
Legendary Fermentation
General Washington’s Go-Juice I’m old enough to remember when America really only had 3 major domestic beer companies and choosing a brew used to be a lot simpler, if limiting. [...]
