Modern Mama Project started because I was hungry. That is the least glamorous version of the origin story, but it is true. I was…

There is a special kind of betrayal that happens when a food you have bought forever changes its recipe. Excuse me. We had an…

I used to see “allergy-friendly” on a package and think: Perfect. Done. Someone else has checked this. Now I see “allergy-friendly” and think: Friendly…

I love looking at beautiful pantry pictures. Matching containers. Perfect labels. Baskets. Things decanted into jars for reasons I do not fully understand. My…

Before becoming a mom, I thought snacks were food you ate because you were a little hungry. That was adorable. Snacks are now logistics.…

I did not expect bread to become important to me. Emotionally important. And yet here we are. When you suddenly have a bunch of…

Soy made me suspicious of words. Not foods. Words. I would see an ingredient I had never heard of and immediately wonder whether it…

Going dairy free introduced me to a fun new hobby: Turning packages around and saying, “Why?” Why is there milk in this? Why does…

I used to think the different allergy warnings on packages were a ranking system. “May contain” sounded serious. “Shared equipment” sounded medium serious. “Made…

When I first cut dairy, I was strangely confident. Okay. No milk. No cheese. No butter. Fine. I can do hard things. Then soy…

I used to wander around the grocery store. Can you imagine? No plan. No screenshots. No carefully researched list. I would just walk around…

Before I had my baby, I was not a label reader. I was a “does this look good?” reader. I might check calories. Maybe…