Banana Cake
My grandmother could bake like no tomorrow and my mom definitely inherited that skill. I on the other hand have been known to burn,...
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A Note on Baking
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved being in the kitchen. I grew up watching both of parents cook and my grandmother bake for every...
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Confessions of an Italian Woman Who Can’t Cook
It’s considered with certitude that Italians are masters in the kitchen. However, the cuisine particularly created by an Italian woman is...
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My Family Through One Recipe
When I think of the word family, I feel disconnected. On TV, there are picture perfect families in sitcoms, intricated and messed up ones...
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Tips for Switching to the Vegetarian Lifestyle
Eating meat provides people with proteins that are vital to their health, wellness and energy. However, since I switched to a plant based...
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Everything is Just Where It Needs To Be
This past year and (quite literally) my life since I could remember being cognizant of the intricacies of life and living I have felt this...
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A Love Letter to My Best Friends
To you girls, I thought losing my best friends was the end of the world. Throughout our lives we have gone through groups of friends...
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Reflection on Freshman Year: Pandemic Edition
I wasn’t sure what to expect for my freshman year of college. I had never had to start from scratch at any point in my life. I always had a...
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Turning 21 During a Quarantine
Last year around this time, here I was joking about getting a state-wide shutdown for my birthday. I had figured then that next year would...
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Why the Stigma is Still Here
I like to think of myself as a strong advocate for mental health. Even when I am not the best at following my own advice, mental health is...
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A Breath of Fresh Air
As a junior in college, now is the peak panic time in the academic year. There are assignments due left and right, midterms are instilling...
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My Simple Spring Bucket List
This past weekend, the vernal equinox arrived – yes, that’s right, Spring is here! The sun is shining, the weather is warming up, and...
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Spring Cleaning When You’ll Be Moving Out
Since I was able to start working, I have been (almost obsessively) budgeting my income and balancing my spending money and savings. Though...
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Spring Goals
Just like how some people like making goals and resolutions for the year, I have found it easier to make goals for the season. It is not as...
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Pandemic Hobbies
Since the pandemic, I’ve found it hard to occupy myself. I felt like I was spending every minute of the day in class or in bed, with the...
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Living Through a Pandemic with Mental Illness
This past year has been rough. After one year of COVID, I still cannot believe that life was once normal. At one point, we could gather...
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How Quarantine Made Us Aware
Just about exactly one year ago from today, it seemed like the whole world shut down. In reality, at this point, as the virus spread...
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Five Movies to Watch on St. Patrick's Day
One year later, and there are still plenty of restrictions in our world. Rather than heading out to a bar this St. Patrick’s Day, please...
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COVID-19 One Year Ago and Now
I struggle to come to the realization that an entire year has passed living with this virus. I can remember driving on eerily empty roads,...
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A Lookback at the Trends That Got Us Through COVID The Past Year
It has been one year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and it has changed the way in which we live our daily lives. When the world...
