3 years ago, I started to teach myself to cook. It’s been a long process. I picked up cookbooks from Half Price Books, started reading online cooking blogs, created one of my own, joined a co-op, and found myself buying book after book after book. What to eat has become more like an obsession instead of a mere hobby in my household. It was no surprise that when I saw the article titled “Pinning Her Hopes For Weight Loss and Health On ‘Real Food’ Philosophy of ‘In Defense Of Food’“, I had to read it.

The article mentioned many things that I’ve discovered in the past few years: don’t eat food your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize, avoid foods with more than five ingredients or with ingredients you can’t pronounce, and stay away from food products that make health claims. (as stated by Michael Pollan).

It wasn’t until I reached the end that I realized I knew the author. Rebecca Morris is more than a freelance journalist for the Seattle Times. She is also an English instructor at Bellevue Community College and I am one of her students this quarter. I swear, Seattle is just too small sometimes.

Rebecca has started a blog detailing her commitment to eating real food. You can find it here. Check it out-offer words of encouragement, ideas, or find inspiration for your own goal of eating better.

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