WE EAT THIS.
THE ORIGIN STORY
Hi! We're Lina and Meredith. We met at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in northern Italy, where we connected over a shared fascination with food — its origins, its culture, and the role it plays in everyday life.
Our friendship grew over long, slow meals with classmates and an education shaped by the Slow Food Movement, which was born from the principles that food should be “good, clean, fair.”
Living in a small Italian town, we started thinking about friends back home, recent grads in big cities, who would tell us they felt disconnected from cooking and food knowledge while juggling work, new routines, and early adult life.
Meanwhile, we were sharing meals almost every day, learning to see food as both grounding and communal. That contrast planted the seed for our mission: to build a food platform for our generation, one that makes cooking and food knowledge feel accessible, relevant, and genuinely fun again. We hope you'll join us.
MEET THE HOSTS
Lina Singh
Lina graduated from Princeton University in 2025, where she wrote her thesis on ultra-processed foods and food policy. Now, she's pursuing a Master’s in World Food Studies at UNISG as a Fulbright Scholar. She's worked at a coffee shop, a dumpling startup, a food waste nonprofit, and the USDA. A devoted believer in breakfast, thin-crust pizza, and the power of food to do good, she’s ready to share We Eat This. with the world.
Meredith Salmon
After graduating from Vanderbilt University in 2023 with a degree in Anthropology, Meredith served as a youth development volunteer for the US Peace Corps in Guatemala and is now pursuing a Masters in New Food Thinking at UNISG. She previously worked with an international hospitality corporation but her shift toward the food sector feels like a natural and meaningful next step. A dog lover who enjoys spending time under the sun and especially next to a beach.
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