On the fourth episode of The Cookbook Collective podcast, we get real about the extremes of veganism and how they are a misrepresentation of veganism as a whole!

Veganism is an individual lifestyle choice. So... when we hear that people are reprimanding others for their own food choices, we get a little concerned. 

We do a deep dive on Alkaline Vegan Culture, a sub-category of veganism that prioritizes raw foods and uses pseudoscience to create a highly-restrictive and dangerous diet that appeals to our health-conscious generation. Here at The Cookbook Collective, all food is healthy food and we are here to hold people accountable for thinking otherwise!

You can find resources related to this podcast on our Instagram @the.cookbookcollective. If you want to suggest a resource, share a storm or simply say hello, follow any of the hosts on Instagram!:

Nikki Hammond (@n.hammie)

Ariana Diaz (@arialised)

Natalie Courtney (@natallyrosec)

Bella Smith (@bitsy.bella)

Sheyna Patel (@_sheynaa)

On our third episode of the Social Media Food Culture series, The Cookbook Collective creates a new phenomenon: rice cracker culture

But this episode is much more than Quaker Oats, we get real on how false nutrition myths have normalized malnutrition among young adults. This "culture" fetishizes "low-calorie," "low-carb" food that gives young adults the false promise of rapid weight loss to meet the repetitive, and unrealistic, body image expectations we all feel pressured to meet. 

This episode touches on how unbalanced food relationships are a hidden health crisis among our generation. As a collective, we are here to address toxic food realities, and relearn how to nourish our minds, bodies, and souls- together. 

You can find resources related to this podcast on our Instagram @the.cookbookcollective. If you want to suggest a resource, share a story, or simply say hello, follow any of the hosts on Instagram!: 

Sheyna Patel (@_sheynaa)

Ariana Diaz (@arialised)

Nikki Hammond (@n.hammie) 

Natalie Courtney (@natallyrosec)

Bella Smith (@bitsy.bella)

Okay, Sweetgreen. What is the first word that comes to mind when you think of these types of food companies? 

Well, what we see is inaccessibility and inequality. In the second episode of our Social Media Food Culture series, we talk about how whiteness and wellness have altered our behaviors and access to nutritious foods in America. 

We are gonna get real and relate food to topics such as intergenerational trauma, food media accountability, and wealth inequality's impact on food access in inner city and university communities. As a generation we can take active steps to unlearn food cultures rooted in racism and recreate food cultures rooted community health and inclusivity. 

You can find resources related to this podcast on our Instagram @the.cookbookcollective. We will be actively posting on this episode throughout Black History Month. If you want to suggest a resource or say hello to any of the podcasters in this episode, follow us on Instagram!:

Ari Diaz (@arialised)

Natalie Courtney (@natallyrosec)

Sheyna Patel (@_sheynaa)

Nikki Hammond (@n.hammie)

Bella Smith (@bisty.bella)

Diet culture. Something we all know, and don't really love. 

In the first episode of The Cookbook Collective podcast, we get real about our experiences will falling into diet schemes, mental health spirals, and our own journies in understanding the toxicity of diet culture on social media. 

Conversations like these are sensitive, but we are here to provide the community support needed to fight the prevelance of diet culture in our day to day lives. Some things you'll learn about in this episode are: yo-yo dieting, the sustainability of diets, family influences on our diet patterns, and how we all found our ways out of toxic diet culture by strengthing our relationship to our self and food. 

You can find more resources on topics related to this podcast on our instagram @the.cookbookcollective. If you want to say hello to any of the podcasters in this episode, follow us on instagram!

Bella Smith (@bitsy.bella)

Ari Diaz (@arialised)

Natalie Courtney (@natallyrosec)

Nikki Hammond (@n.hammie)

Sheyna Patel (@_sheynaa)

Hey everyone! We are a group of young adults who connected over our mutual love of and struggles with food. Many zoom calls and text messages later, we realized we weren't alone and that's why we have created The Cookbook Collective! We are so happy you are here and can't wait to create a fun, and safe, food community together.

The Cookbook Collective is an online community that hopes to communicate the realities of food relationships for young adults. We are here to help our generation build and navigate more balanced relationships with food in a culture which has come to deprioritize the importance of food in all parts of our lives. By actively deconstructing negative food cultures and discussing the intersectionality of food cultures through a biweekly podcast, we hope to build community around mental health, sustainability, food justice, and more. We will be sharing recipes which express our personal food stories and hope to connect with our community through cooking, conversation, and advocacy. There is a world of food beyond health and nutrition that we want to explore in balanced and engaging ways! However, it's important that navigating the world of food is more understandable and safe for young adults everywhere. 

You can follow us on Instagram and Twitter @the.cookbookcollective and if you want to stay up to date on the people behind the magic don't hesitate to say hello!:

Ariana Diaz, Austin, TX (@arialised)

Natalie Courtney, Washington D.C., MD, (@natallyrosec)

Sheyna Patel, Pamona, CA, (@_sheynaa)

Bella Smith, Houston, TX, (@bitsy.bella)

Nikki Hammond, Austin, TX, (@n.hammie) 

For all professional inquires and partnerships, please email thecookbookcollectiveinfo@gmail.com.