Inspiring, empowering, beautiful, and moving, Why We Cook explores
the place where food meets feminism. In it, artist Lindsay Gardner
brings together stories, essays, kitchen profiles, interviews, and
more, featuring 112 women restaurateurs, food producers, activists,
writers, professional chefs, and home cooks - all of whom are
dedicated not only to their craft, but to changing the world of
food. There are profiles on changemakers, like Cristina Martinez, a
chef who emigrated from Mexico and who brings her Philadelphia
community together through food while using her platform to
champion immigrants' rights; and Leah Penniman, who describes a day
in her life on Soul Fire Farm, which she cofounded to combat racism
in the food system. Evocative reflections on food and memory, like
Rachel Khong's ode to her mother's love of fruit. And narrative
recipes, like restaurateur Nicole Ponseca's Bibingka. With her rich
visual storytelling gifts - the book is filled with beautiful
watercolour illustrations and portraits - Gardner not only captures
a sense of what is unique about each of the women, bringing them to
life, but adds layers of nuance and insight to their words and
their work. Together, their voices reveal the power of food to
uplift and nourish, reveal complex questions, and effect change,
and offer us all the opportunity to learn about each other and
about ourselves.
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