anthrodish transcripts: carolyn davenport-moncel

changing your mind about vegetables, one soup at a time

This month’s AnthroDish Transcript is with Carolyn Davenport-Moncel. Carolyn is an American expat and Chicago native, who wears many, many hats as a writer, entrepreneur, digital marketing professional, mum of two, and Souper-in-Chief at Simply Souperlicious, a food recipe website, app, and community that is devoted to converting those veggie haters into veggie lovers – one local, seasonal, homemade soup at a time. When she’s not cooking in her kitchen, she’s serving as the Head of Digital Marketing at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy in Switzerland, where she oversees integrated marketing and digital transformation strategies. In this interview, she speaks about her work through Simply Souperlicious to tackle issues around food access, challenges on what health food and wellness “is” or “isn’t,” and making delicious and nutritious meals much more accessible for all those of us who are incredibly time crunched, stressed, and wanting to make some small first step changes for ourselves and our families.

The episode first aired on October 27 2020. The following is an abridged transcript of the show, edited for clarity. If you want to listen instead, you can check it out on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

“For me, wellness doesn't always feel... well... equitable. You know what I mean? It doesn't feel attainable for almost anyone, at any time, because there's a price tag attached to wellness these days. What I'm looking for is how do regular people get to a place of the wellness they deserve? When I'm talking about the food that I put together, it's literally what's around you. Like I said, fresh, frozen, canned, number one.”

- Carolyn Davenport-Moncel of Simply Souperlicious