Photo by Sherry Yang Ever since I was young, I associated family with food. My mom, dad and I would eat at the dinner table every night and talk about how our day went. My extended family would gather at my grandmother’s house and eye the many dishes she spent all day preparing. Food always brings my family together. My eyes opened to a new and different environment after … [Read more...] about Letter from the Editor: Spring 2018
Currents Magazine Spring 2018
Delivery Service Provides Healthy Meals with a Cost
Photos by Sherry YangConvenience comes with a cost. Whether it's one-click ordering with Amazon or the self-driving Tesla, society finds new (and often expensive) ways to do the least amount of work to satisfy daily needs, and this doesn't stop at food.In this era of foodies, sliced bread is hardly innovative compared to the ways people have managed to make food more … [Read more...] about Delivery Service Provides Healthy Meals with a Cost
Half Cup of Culture, Three Cups of Community
Photos by Chad Jimenez and Terra AtwoodSugar, butter, flour, egg, cheese, rice.Dishes from various cultures may be made with different foods but they all have one central ingredient in common: community. “If I had to have one meal before I die I would choose this twice over,” senior Reed Williams said about his mother’s homemade crayfish fondeaux.Of Cajun and … [Read more...] about Half Cup of Culture, Three Cups of Community
Food, Filters and Photos: How Instagram Impacts the Way We Eat
Photos by Terra Atwood Perched atop a chair in her dining room, senior Hannah Cooper leans over the table to get the perfect picture of her meal. “She does this all the time,” her roommate, senior Mary Mattingly said. “I’m not allowed to eat until she’s taken a picture.” Cooper, a Nutrition major, runs the Instagram account @califoodielifestyle in her spare time. "I … [Read more...] about Food, Filters and Photos: How Instagram Impacts the Way We Eat
Symbols in the Seder: The Passover Dinner
Art by Cassandra Stephenson Freedom. Slavery. Tradition. Family. Very few meals are centered around ideas that require thoughtful thinking and honoring ancient traditions. At the Seder Meal, these ideas are the reason why Jewish families gather. The Seder Meal is a tradition celebrated by people of the Jewish faith during Passover. The meal consists of rituals, liturgy … [Read more...] about Symbols in the Seder: The Passover Dinner