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Nadia Raza Cooper

Author: Nadia Raza Cooper

Bless the Hands That Teach You

Gracie Schatz and the Heart of Willamette Cooking School are changing the local food scene

Chow 10 months ago

Before COVID-19, I went to the store several times a week, orienting my cooking around what to cook rather than how to cook. One of … Continue reading →

Decolonize Your TV

Suggestions to watch and rewatch this summer

Culture 11 months ago

As we enter another week of a groundswell movement for structural transformation that affirms Black life, many people are reflecting on what they can do … Continue reading →

Essential Reading

Books can guide us through a time of reckoning and awakening

Books 11 months ago

In 2003, at the age of 92, revolutionary philosopher and activist Grace Lee Boggs delivered an impassioned speech titled “These are the times to grow … Continue reading →

Self-Defense is the Best Offense

SheBegins creates change through empowerment-based self-defense

CultureHealth 1 year ago

What does a more perfect future for you and the young people in your life look like?  I had the pleasure of discussing this question … Continue reading →

Eclectic Cookbooks

When it is cold outside, turn up the heat in the kitchen with these cookbooks

Books 1 year ago

In an era when many of us turn to our favorite foodie website or app, it is fair to ask if cookbooks have become obsolete? … Continue reading →

Gifts for Mamas and Babes

A local roundup of products and services

Gift Guide 1 year ago

Chances are this holiday season you know someone who is expecting or has recently had a baby. Shopping for a new mama and baby is … Continue reading →

Prepping for Baby

A new mom reflects on the items and local services she most cherishes

Health 2 years ago

It was Oct. 29, the night we came home from the hospital with our baby girl, and the scene was utterly ridiculous. Approaching bedtime we … Continue reading →

Defecting — Temporarily — to Vancouver Island

Our neighbor to the north provides urban and rural delights

Travel 4 years ago

Chances are, in the past year you’ve probably thought it, maybe even said it: Let’s defect to Canada. For many, our neighbor to the north … Continue reading →

To Finish is to Win

Hitting the long trail, horseback

Outdoors 8 years ago

endurance |enˈd(y)o͝or-ns| noun • permanence, duration  • the fact, power or ability of enduring an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way: she was close to the limit of her endurance • the capacity of something to last or to withstand wear and tear   Continue reading →

The Gains of Going Without 

Reflecting on fasting during the month of Ramadan

Guest Viewpoint 11 years ago

I was nine years old when I remember saying to my mother, “I want to fast with you tomorrow.” This was a decision I had arrived … Continue reading →

Nadia Raza Cooper

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