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With more than one hundred women restaurateurs, activists, food writers, professional chefs, and home cooksāall of whom are changing the world of food. Featuring essays, profiles, recipes, and more, Why We Cook is curated and illustrated by author and artist Lindsay Gardner, whose visual storytelling gifts bring nuance and insight into their words and their work, revealing the power of food to nourish, uplift, inspire curiosity, and effect change.
āPrepare to be blown away by Lindsay Gardnerās illustrations. Her gift as an artist is part of this fluid conversation about food with some of the most intriguing women, and youāll never want it to end. Why We Cook highlights our voices and varied perspectives in and out of the kitchen and empowers us to reclaim our place in it.ā āCarla Hall, chef, television personality, and author of Carla Hallās Soul Food
āWhy We Cook is a wonderful, heartwarming antidote to these trying times, and a powerful testament to unity through food.ā āAnita Lo, chefĀ and author of Solo and Cooking Without Borders
āThis book is a beautiful object, but itās also much more than that: an essay collection, a trove of recipes, a guidebook for how we might use food to fight for and further justice. The women in its pages remind us that itās in the kitchen, in the field, and around the table that we do our most vital work as human beingsāand that, now more than ever, we must.ā āMolly Wizenberg, author of A Homemade Life and The Fixed Stars
This book title, Why We Cook (Women on Food, Identity, and Connection), ISBN: 9781523509744, by Lindsay Gardner, published by Workman Publishing Company (March 2, 2021) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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