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Let It Burn: Transgender Cooks Are Changing Kitchen Culture

portrait of author and chef, Stacy Jane Grover, a white trans woman with braided hair, wearing a black blouse and a long beaded necklace standing in front of a stone archway
by Stacy Jane Grover
March 31, 2021 at 11:47am
Transgender women are making a home in the professional kitchen by refusing in place.
A photo of members of the Bon Appétit team on stage.

Gone Rotten: “Bon Appétit” Is Emblematic of the Problem with Food Media

by Izzie Ramirez
June 11, 2020 at 1:31pm
Though there’s a broader spotlight on Bon Appétit’s failures right now, they’re working from an old playbook. Read more »
Alison Roman, a white woman with brown hair, stands in a large kitchen and makes a stew.

In Bad Taste: The Alison Roman Fiasco Illustrates the Whiteness of Food Media

by Shailee Koranne
May 26, 2020 at 1:27pm
We continue to enable the conditions in the food industry that marginalize chefs and food personalities of color. Read more »
Klancy Miller, a Black woman chef with short, black hair, leans over a kitchen counter

Dinner Party for One: Cooking for Yourself in the Age of Social Distancing

by Cynthia Greenlee
May 1, 2020 at 11:47am
Cookbooks are great, but they often aren’t taking into account that some of us are cooking for one. Read more »
a photo of a brown Christmas pudding on a plate

The Patriarchy Is in the Pudding

by Rebecca Houghton
December 4, 2019 at 2:37pm
Making Christmas pudding is turning out to be like childbirth or menopause—one of those things women don’t talk about, and when you get there yourself, you realize that it would’ve been great for someone to have mentioned incontinence, vaginal dryness, or the need for inordinate upper body strength... Read more »
A white woman is staring intently at a pastry shell as she shapes it into a cup.

For “Great British Baking Show” Contestants, The Real Loss is the Endless Trolling

by Rae Robey
December 2, 2019 at 11:51am
It’s not just about harassing women online—it’s about re-establishing gendered power dynamics and punishing those who flirt with the domestic on public-facing platforms. Read more »
an illustration of an apple with slices chopped off and splayed against a blue background

Food Fight: SNAP Restrictions Are Penalties for Poverty

by Jacy Topps
November 21, 2019 at 5:27pm
For the poor in this country, food is often linked to shame and dehumanization. Read more »
a tall, white woman with wire glasses is draped by two women of color wearing hijabs

Popaganda: Stovetop Social Justice

by Carmen Rios
September 13, 2019 at 1:30pm
The Los Angeles-based organization Miry’s List has been supporting thousands of individuals and hundreds of families resettling as refugees in the United States since 2016.   Read more »
Louisianna Hot Sauce bottle on a colorful flame background

A Pleasure to Burn: One Family’s Hot-Sauce Heirloom

by Brooklyn White
August 14, 2019 at 2:21pm
In my family, harming yourself is unholy, unless that harm is eyes watering from tasting hot sauce. Read more »
a brownskinned woman of color wearing dark sunglasses holds a glass of beer to her lips

We’re Here, We’re Beer, Get Used to It: Brewing up a Tasty New Paradigm for Female Beer Enthusiasts

by Celena Cipriaso
July 29, 2019 at 11:00am
Why has a libation with such a female-centric origin story become coded, over time, as the near-exclusive reserve of men? Read more »
image of a fat brown woman, from the neck down, wearing a raspberry-colored velvet top, and touching an assortment of fruit

Cake Is Never Just Cake: The Fraught Politics of Fatness, Desire, and Eating Your Feelings

by s.e. smith
July 24, 2019 at 8:00am
Within the framework of capitalist systems, eating “right” has been tied to financial and social privilege in a way that further marginalizes people who are already struggling. Read more »

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