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Who Will You Create?

February 8, 2010 My story

Yay! I was ecstatic to hear the positive responses to my “You Are What You Cook” Challenge. I didn’t really talk about the details because I wasn’t sure anyone would jump on board, but now that I’ve been assured that some of you will join the challenge, here’s the basic guidelines: Guidelines for “You Are [...]

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Killing You Softly…With My Words…

November 19, 2009 family

As a writer, I should already know too well the power of words. Oh my word. Words: they blurt out so quickly from our mouths, they type out so nonchalantly from our fingers. Sometimes they have the miraculous power to heal and uplift a person, but at other times…every single of the same word can [...]

Tagged as: cabbage, carrots, cheddar cheese, cheese, eggs, gnocchi, gochujang, hotdogs, kabocha, Korean, nori, pasta, raisins, zucchini

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Open for Discussion: Is Total Recovery Possible?

November 4, 2009 eating disorders

In response to my post about my ED past, Alison from Live, Listen, Cook asked this question: “Here’s a question for you…do you think you’ll ever completely eradicate ED? I think it will always be there for me— or at least my relationship with food is forever changed, even if I eat healthfully. This changed [...]

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Celebration

October 28, 2009 family

Guess what? I was in tears today again for my 22nd birthday. But it wasn’t tears of sorrow or despair or self-pity. It was tears of joy and thanksgiving. My parents had sent me a birthday package (ooh I wonder what it is?) but it wasn’t due to arrive until tomorrow or Friday, so my [...]

Tagged as: BBQ, bell peppers, cheese, feta, gochujang, kabocha, Korean, onions, Parmesan, turkey, zucchini

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I’m Not Cheap-Quality

October 13, 2009 My story

I really don’t know what I was expecting. Did I seriously expect to maintain my straight-A status here in USC? After three to four years of academic break? After years of thinking and doing nothing but being obsessed with food and disordered thoughts? Did I really think I would just gracefully leap right onto the [...]

Tagged as: bread, cheese, egg, George Foreman, ham, kabocha, pickles, product review, tomatoes

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The Real Natural Diet

October 7, 2009 eating disorders

“You’ve gotta eat your vegetables.” Everybody has heard and known this since they were a toddler. For those of us who were lucky enough to have parents who cared, we’ve had broccoli and spinach and peas stuffed down our throat since young. Our parents deviously slipped carrots guised under some cheesy sauce, or cunningly cut [...]

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