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Korea on a Plate: Rice, Seaweed, Fermentation, Barbecue, and the Story of Modern Appetite
Modern Korea is urban, successful, intoxicatingly intense, and beautifully overwhelming. And like many countries that experienced fast economic growth, Korea’s diet changed dramatically – but was it for the better? Subscribe to my articles on Substack. I came to Korea expecting food to be complicated. Not because Korean food is complicated in itself — although,…
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Food Is Not “Just Food” Anymore
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Łosie giną na polskich płotach – czy kogoś to obchodzi?
Kilka dni temu internet obiegło wstrząsające zdjęcie. Ogromny łoś, piękne dzikie zwierzę, próbował przedostać się przez żelazny Łosie giną na naszych płotach – a gdzie jest państwo? Kilka dni temu internet obiegło wstrząsające zdjęcie. Ogromny łoś, piękne dzikie zwierzę, próbował przedostać się przez żelazny płot w Osieku nad Wisłą. Zawisł między prętami, wpadł w panikę,…
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Quick & Easy Vegan Split Pea Soup (Protein-Packed + Budget-Friendly!)
This Curried Cauliflower & Split-Pea Soup is a cozy, flavorful bowl of plant-powered goodness—with a seriously impressive sustainability score to match! Packed with protein-rich split peas and colorful veggies, it’s super budget-friendly, low-waste, and cooks up in a flash thanks to the magic of a pressure cooker. No soaking, no fuss—just a creamy, comforting soup…
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Pay Attention, Save a Life: A Hedgehog in a City
It’s been almost a year since I released Belvederka back into the wild—the young hedgehog I found disoriented and vulnerable in February on a parking lot at a city park on my way to a gym class. Seeing her was a shocker. I’ve spotted city hedgehogs before, but never this time of year. Something felt…
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How Eggs Became an Easter (and Breakfast) Food
Every spring, eggs are everywhere. Hard-boiled, dyed, chocolate, deviled, hidden in the grass, nestled in baskets, stacked in grocery stores. We paint them. We eat them. We hide them so kids can find them. We celebrate them. It’s cute. It’s festive. It’s… honestly, a little nauseating sometimes. So — why eggs? You might say, “Well, duh — they symbolize…
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A Different Kind of Easter Tradition: 30+ Spring-Inspired Prompts for Self-Reflection
Easter is supposed to be about hope. Rebirth. Light returning after the dark. But sometimes, all that celebration feels bittersweet.Because alongside the flowers and eggs and pastel everything…I also see what we’re not seeing. We celebrate life…while quietly taking it from others. We gather around the table in love and gratitude…while leaving entire species out…
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The Planet Is Burning—But Not Just in the Places You Hear About
California. Australia. Spain.When raging wildfires sweep through these places, they dominate the headlines. We see dramatic footage of orange skies and walls of flames. It’s terrifying—and heartbreaking. But there are other fires. Slower, quieter, less visible. Fires that don’t make the news.Fires that choke the skies of places like Indonesia. Cambodia. Laos. (I also witnessed…
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How to Have Tough Conversations with Our Kids
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Flamingos! 10+ Surprising Facts About These Pink Wonders
Flamingos are more than just pink beauties, who spend their time looking cool, standing on one leg. These iconic creatures have some truly fascinating characteristics and play important roles in their ecosystems. Here are over 10 things you might not know about these beautiful birds: 1. Tough Birds in Extreme Environments Contrary to their delicate…
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Animals as Persons
We treat animals as legal objects. We should treat them as legal subjects instead. You may believe that the law protects animals from harm in the United States, but that belief is false. There are few meaningful legal protections for most animals, and little if any enforcement of the laws that exist. The Animal Welfare…
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Elephants and Their Secrets: 28 Fascinating Facts about Elephants
I felt honored and touched and full of wonder as I watched a family of 10+ majestic elephants walk gracefully across a dry riverbed in a Namibian desert. These creatures are rare and precious and absolutely amazing. These were definitely not THINGS or OBJECTS walking, but INDIVIDUALS, with their own special characteristics, and even names.…
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Feeling hopeless or depressed about what’s happening in the world? Then try this…
There are many reasons to feel despair, hopelessness, and powerlessness in today’s world. Wars, injustices, inequalities, diseases, sustainability issues, climate change, racism, speciecism, species extinction, and countless others. (I talk about some of them in my books.) So much so that most of us prefer to look the other way and ignore the problems we’re…
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What Should Be the Goal of Activism for Animals?
It is vitally important that we set clear, specific and achievable goals, set a time horizon for their implementation, and then unite around these goals and focus our actions on putting them into practice. Change is happening, but not fast enough. We are not united, our attention is too scattered, we aren’t using all strategies,…