‘Twas our bicentennial intent: A treasure trove of community cookbooks
This post about community cookbooks is in part inspired by the UT Food Lab’s Women & Food Symposium on Saturday at Gearing Hall at UT. It’s a free event from […]
Category Archives: books
Culinary historian Laura Shapiro headlines Women & Food Symposium on January 18
Oh, buddy. I can’t tell you how excited I am to share here that next month, UT’s Food Lab is hosting a Women & Food Symposium that will feature Laura […]
November book club: Sylvia Plath and Kate Lebo at BookWoman on Nov. 7
Was Sylvia Plath a feminist in the kitchen? What did her poems about domesticity mean to women who were about to revolutionize the world through the women’s liberation movement? What […]
Why Mindy Kaling doesn’t think cooking is important; Michael Pollan book club update
From this story from Sunday’s Parade magazine about one of my favorite writers/comedians: She’s not likely to put her sleek state-of-the-art kitchen to frequent use anytime soon. “If you’re in […]
A school year’s worth of Feminist Kitchen meet-ups
It’s back-to-school time at the Feminist Kitchen! I’ve been compiling a syllabus of sorts for the next year of the Feminist Kitchen book club + film series. As the name […]
Book club: Believing in the Whistle Stop Cafe
Saturday’s “Fried Green Tomatoes” book club got me thinking about the Whistle Stop Cafe, the restaurant that Idgie and Ruth run in the book that plays an even bigger role […]
Idgie Threadgoode, Iggy the cat and Addie the tomboy
See that cute little tomboy in the lower right hand of that photo? That’s me in fourth grade. Playing team sports year-round and growing more aware by the day of […]
