{"id":132,"date":"2022-02-23T18:09:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T18:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/chemistryinthekitchensp22\/?p=132"},"modified":"2022-02-23T18:34:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T18:34:21","slug":"about-me-alex-tapia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/chemistryinthekitchensp22\/2022\/02\/23\/about-me-alex-tapia\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me: Alex Tapia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241\" style=\"width: 509px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-241\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/chemistryinthekitchensp22\/files\/2022\/02\/66378354026__06B9344E-07DD-4B90-BEC8-1300B4CDF7D7-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Oliver, my dog\" width=\"509\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/chemistryinthekitchensp22\/files\/2022\/02\/66378354026__06B9344E-07DD-4B90-BEC8-1300B4CDF7D7-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/chemistryinthekitchensp22\/files\/2022\/02\/66378354026__06B9344E-07DD-4B90-BEC8-1300B4CDF7D7-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/chemistryinthekitchensp22\/files\/2022\/02\/66378354026__06B9344E-07DD-4B90-BEC8-1300B4CDF7D7-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/chemistryinthekitchensp22\/files\/2022\/02\/66378354026__06B9344E-07DD-4B90-BEC8-1300B4CDF7D7-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/chemistryinthekitchensp22\/files\/2022\/02\/66378354026__06B9344E-07DD-4B90-BEC8-1300B4CDF7D7-45x60.jpg 45w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/chemistryinthekitchensp22\/files\/2022\/02\/66378354026__06B9344E-07DD-4B90-BEC8-1300B4CDF7D7-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oliver, who self-identifies as a &#8216;foodie&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I grew up in a family that consumed a lot of animal products on a regular basis including meat, eggs, and dairy products. I never questioned the environmental or humane implications of the food I ate until I came to Dickinson and became involved in sustainability. After learning about the carbon footprint that animal products have on the environment &#8211; agriculture is one of the largest contributors to climate change &#8211; in addition to the abuse that animals endure in the farming industry, I realized that it was more harmful to continue eating the way I was; I switched to being Vegan, which meant adopting a plant-based lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>This drastic change in diet gave me newfound excitement about cooking as it forced me to think more creatively about how to pair and create dishes with plant-based ingredients that made people say, &#8220;wait, that&#8217;s vegan?!&#8221; I will be attempting exactly that with my recipe project, as I will be turning a simple brownie recipe on its head by substituting the animal products, such as butter, eggs, and milk, with plant-based alternatives. Will anyone be able to tell the difference?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I grew up in a family that consumed a lot of animal products on a regular basis including meat, eggs, and dairy products. I never questioned the environmental or humane implications of the food I ate until I came to Dickinson and became involved in sustainability. 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