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by Erika Nicole Kendall

Skinny People Shop At Whole Foods: A Poor Kid’s Perspective

Image: Whole Foods Market in the East Village of New York, a …

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capitalism, family, grocery shopping, obesity, poverty, studies, tradition, university of washington, whole foods

by Erika Nicole Kendall

The History of The “Big Meal” And Why It Made Us Fat

Because sometimes… tradition stands to be questioned.

Keywords

big meals, body mass index, class, corn, family, government subsidies, mentality, money, overweight, portion control, price, processed foods, soy, subsidies, sunday dinner, tradition, wheat

by Erika Nicole Kendall

Breaking Up With Fried Green Tomatoes

My struggle to figure out a family tradition, and let it go.

Keywords

tomatoes, tradition

food-and-culture

by Erika Nicole Kendall

The Choice Between Food As Culture and Food As Medicine

Do we HAVE to choose between the two? We can’t have both?

Keywords

blackness, culture, food, food movement, nutrition, race, relationships, tradition

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