Clara Zervigon
Expertise
Food, Politics, Environment, Entertainment
- Clara is a features writer and recipe ghost writer for Static Media.
- She has previously written food history and culture pieces for websites like Appetite.
- Her work has been mentioned in the Singapore edition of Michelin Guide Magazine.
Experience
Clara has spent the last two years writing about food and culture for a variety of publications. She uses writing to explore how people shape and are shaped by the world around them. Her most cherished accomplishment is the completion of a 130-page research paper on food sovereignty as a means for anti-colonial change, for which she interviewed farmers, chefs, and other food folks around her hometown of New Orleans. While she has a passion for writing about topics related to social movements, she also enjoys pieces on strange TV shows or wacky moments in history.
Education
Clara holds a B.A. in Environmental Analysis from Scripps College in Claremont, CA. Her education focused on issues of environmental justice, green design, and grassroots movements.
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Stories By Clara Zervigon
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The 1956 Summer Olympic games was one of the most controversial in history. The summer of '56 saw the first ever nations to boycott the event -- eight of them.
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Bee are an incredibly important part of our world's ecology, so what would happen if all the bees died?
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Rap is a lucrative genre, and many rappers have forged veritable business empires. Here are the richest rappers in the world.
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Energy drinks are in the top selling beverages worldwide but can have serious health risks. Is your favorite in this list of the most dangerous energy drinks?
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Discovery is a network for all things strange and off-the-beaten-path. But some shows may not be appropriate for kids.
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A lady-in-waiting is a woman who attends to the various needs of female members of a royal family. Here are the rules British ladies-in-waiting must follow.
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Winning an Academy Award places a Hollywood professional among an elite few. Even fewer are those who, unfortunately, died the same year they won an Oscar.
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Kid Nation was a CBS reality show that aired in 2007. In the show, 40 kids were thrown into a deserted town and made to create their own society.
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As people continue to disagree or wrong each other, and tensions reach their breaking point, prominent figures around the globe face violence.
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The Waltons are by far the richest family in America. Their estimated net worth is somewhere around $215 billion thanks to their chain fo Walmart enterprises.
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Despite keeping their composure most of the time, game show hosts are people too, and sometimes they can't help but react when contestants get out of hand.