In the Kitchen with Nora

10/06/2025

Fayette Senior Services announces the start of the annual Meals on Wheels Project Love campaign, and organizers are challenging citizens and businesses of the community to make a difference this

08/20/2025

New study from ECU finds exercise could reduce breast cancer recurrence 💪🏼🏋🏽‍♀️ 🏃🏻‍♀️

Exercise could potentially reduce the recurrence rate of breast cancer, new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found.

08/18/2025

Under-muscled = frail & prone to breaking - we need to take better care of ourselves by strength training 🏋🏽‍♀️ & nourishing our bodies well 🫘🐟🥗. Need some help, let’s talk!

We start to lose muscle in our 30s, and the loss accelerates with age, putting us at risk of frailty later in life. But what you eat — specifically how much protein — is a big part of the solution.

08/11/2025

To every student starting fresh this year: you are not alone. And to every parent, neighbor, and classmate, you have the power to make someone feel they belong.

I arrived in America as a high school sophomore, 15 years old, awkward, and foreign in every conceivable way. My English was fragile at best. In Romania, I ...

08/05/2025

08/05/2025

Cooking fresh at home helps us maintain our weight and improve our health! Want to learn how to make easy, tasty, healthy meals? Let’s talk! 🥗🥘 🧑‍🍳

People in the UK lost twice as much weight eating meals typically made at home than they did when eating store-bought ultraprocessed food considered healthy, the latest research has found. https://cnn.it/3HinMpB

08/01/2025

🙌🏽🎒🏫Fellowship of Love Back-To -School Empowerment Day!

🗓AUGUST 2 10am - 2pm
📍349 Kenwood Road, Fayetteville.
Free Event

Join Us for a day of fun!

Free backpacks
Free haircuts
Free beauty bar
Face painting
Game Truck
and more!

08/01/2025

I’m honored to be featured in Canvas Rebel, where I had the chance to share some of the story behind the work I do—and why it matters so deeply to me. From growing up under a dictatorship to starting over (more than once), this one’s from the heart. ♥️

Alright - so today we've got the honor of introducing you to Nora Pullen. We think you'll enjoy our conversation, we've shared it below.

07/31/2025

Did your family come to storytime or any of our performers' shows? Did your child attend a class, solve a scavenger hunt, or read a mountain of books? Then take our Summer Reading Survey! Tell us what you loved, what you'd change, and what you hope to see from us next year: https://forms.office.com/g/81hhDWw4ef

07/06/2025

This morning, in the midst of my sweet boys and lovely soft sunlight, I sat with my cup of cofee and Rumi. And “Only Breath” spoke to my aching heart - a balm and a wake-up call in one breath—reminding me that under the armor of ideology, skin, creed, trauma, and pride, we are made of the same shimmering mystery. The same longing. The same fragile, fierce, miraculous breath.

But here we are in a world where difference is used like a weapon. Where people manufacture belonging by excluding others. Where “us” and “them” is easier than the raw, vulnerable truth of we.

And yet… that ache in our heart? That’s the part of us still fiercely alive, still connected to the source, still not numb. That ache is sacred. It means our soul remembers.

So maybe we start there. With the ache. With the breath. With the un-othering in our own circles, our own communities. A smile. A meal. A moment of “I see you, and you are mine.” A refusal to categorize. ❤️

07/03/2025

Curiosity brought me across the ocean and into kitchens filled with flavors I’d never imagined. It’s what helped me embrace diversity, one unfamiliar spice, one shared meal at a time.

In my latest Citizen column, I reflect on how staying curious—about people, food, cultures—makes life richer, more connected, and a whole lot tastier. 🍒🌍🍽

What dish once seemed strange to you—until it became a favorite?
Or what flavor opened your mind to a new culture?

When I first arrived in the United States as a teenager, I was armed with two suitcases, a Romanian accent, and one powerful tool that’s guided me ever sinc ...

06/20/2025

We had such a fun night out for an early birthday celebration with lovely friends & great music & 🎶🎤 Thank you for always paying attention & choosing things that will bring me joy! I love you ❤️ Grateful for friendship, for delicious food & wonderful live music! My heart is full. ❤️