# Woman’s life transformed when she rejected fast food and vowed to eat what she grows

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/womans-life-transformed-when-she-rejected-fast-food-and-vowed-to-eat-what-she-grows/
- Published: 2026-10-24T12:00:38+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T13:11:54+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/womans-life-transformed-when-she-rejected-fast-food-vowed-eat-what-she-grows
- Topics: Business, Culture, Entertainment, Food, Markets, TV, World

## Key points

- Perr’s gardening began with a few herbs and grew into a cooking practice.
- Her forthcoming cookbook features about 100 seasonal recipes.
- She says seasonal produce can be affordable and herbs reward experimentation.

## Summary

Carmen Perr, a Los Angeles-based gardening and food creator, says growing her own produce changed how she cooks and inspired her forthcoming cookbook. She began with a few potted herbs while working in real estate, using gardening to cope with stress and anxiety, then expanded into fruit and vegetables.

Her book, *Cook What Grows*, includes roughly 100 seasonal recipes intended to make fresh produce accessible and flavourful. Perr says seasonal food is often less expensive, advises choosing produce by its colour, texture and scent, and encourages cooks to experiment with herbs in fresh, dried and seeded forms.

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