Food Culture Archives - Experience Life

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How to Create Your Own Charcuterie Board

By Robin Asbell

A charcuterie board offers a medley of flavors and textures — and is a tasty, minimal-effort dinner option that's ideal for the season.

- Travel -

4 Great Foodie Cities

By Laura Fogelberg

Here are four cities that aren't known for their food scenes — but ought to be.

- Food Culture -

5 Tips to Create a Healthier Social-Media Feed

By Kaelyn Riley

It is possible to use social media to support the life you want to live. Consider these expert tips for a more mindful online experience.

- Food Culture -

The Audacity to Farm

By Heidi Wachter

Leah Penniman is on a mission to debunk the myths about black people’s relationship to the land and help a new generation reclaim its agrarian heritage.

- Fitness Tips -

STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: Out With Earn-and-Burn

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Our fitness editor challenges the mindset of exercise as a way to "burn off" your last meal.

- Food Culture -

Meet Your Farmers

By Elizabeth Millard

Small-scale farming has never been more challenging. These six resilient growers describe how their connection with the earth — and their customers — keeps them inspired.

- Food Culture -

Can Social Media Encourage Disordered Eating Habits?

By Kaelyn Riley

Social media can be a helpful health tool, a dangerous influence, or something in between. Is your feed supporting you?

- Food Culture -

A Recipe for Healing: Seamus Mullen

By Heidi Wachter

When award-winning chef and restaurateur Seamus Mullen changed his mindset about food, it ultimately changed his health, his career, and his life.

- Nutrition -

How to Get More Bugs in Your Diet

By Michael Dregni

Saving the world, one edible critter at a time? Our deputy editor digs into the research around eating insects and cooks with them too (think cricket flour). Bug appétit!

- Functional Medicine -

One in two Americans is suffering from diabesity, and most of them don’t even know it. Why? Because most doctors are not trained to treat the single biggest chronic disease in America. The good news? Diabesity can be prevented, treated and reversed. Dr. Mark Hyman explains how.

A person cooks while consulting a recipe book.

- Nutrition -

Our Staff’s Favorite Cookbooks

By Experience Life Staff

Looking for a great cookbook? Our staff weighs in on their all-time faves.

- Food Culture -

Can Healing the Soil Help to Stop Climate Change?

By Elizabeth Millard

The solution to climate change may be right under our feet: Heal the soil and we’ll heal the planet.

- Nutrition -

5 Biodynamic Wines to Try

By Experience Life Staff

Sip, sip, hooray! Here are five organic, biodynamic, and natural wines to suit all tastes.

- Honestly, Dara -

A Rare Vintage

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl

"Natural" wines may not be as natural as we think, yet they're gradually moving into the mainstream as wineries — and their customers — recognize their environmental benefits.

Illustration of family at thanksgiving dinner

- Honestly, Dara -

Why Thanksgiving Isn’t About the Food

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl

Disaster has struck many a Thanksgiving dinner — but it doesn't have to define the holiday experience.

- Life Unedited -

LIFE, UNEDITED: My Favorite Way to Seed a Pomegranate

By Kaelyn Riley

These winter jewels are a real treat, but cleaning them can be a challenge. Our associate editor shares a little trick for getting at the seeds without the mess.

Sad little gingerbread man covering his face

- Food Culture -

Holiday Food Frustration

By Jon Spayde

With all the season’s celebratory meals and treat-heavy traditions, it can be hard to steer clear of unhealthy stuff. Here’s how to enjoy holiday meals while staying true to your own food values.