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Katherine McCabe

Hello! I'm Katherine McCabe, a recent graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, California, with a major in Environmental Studies and two minors in Art and Professional Writing. My research focuses on scalable regenerative agriculture in Central California. 

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Food for thought: senior reflections | The Daily Nexus

There’s a beauty about food and writing about food that feels quietly understated. It’s something so simple, so innocuous, so everyday — and I think that’s what’s part of the appeal to me. It offers reprieve from weightier subjects, to get to revel in something so uncomplicated and community-oriented. Writing for On the Menu has been a joy and an aspect of my college experience that I will miss greatly. I think a large part of this is because it has been such an extension of so many other of my
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Life, death and biscuits: Navigating grief through food | The Daily Nexus

“The food doesn’t matter, really,” writes Amanda Hesser, New York Times food editor, in her book “Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table.” “What it evokes does.”

Hesser is, of course, referring to one of food’s most enchanting properties: its ability to conjure memory. A good meal succinctly combines all five senses, giving your brain multiple avenues to recall said meal. We eat a meal three times a day, granting us three chances to ground ourselves in the moment — or brood on the next. But ne

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