Serving Up 9781800183384 Paperback

A groundbreaking collection of essays about food and its powerful link to identity, culture and community, from twenty exciting voices around the world.We hear about a family ritual of drying mango and pickling limes in India, and the search for a fathers favourite hotdog in North Carolina. We investigate Latino food in cinema and vegetarianism in Buddhist diets, the cultural appropriation of Chinese food and the effect of gentrification on Black communities. And, we learn about the grassroots organisations fighting for change, for equality for farmers and for better mental health provisions in kitchens, where toxicity and microaggressions are rife.Edited by chef and activist Zoe Adjonyoh, and featuring a foreword by acclaimed author and broadcaster Yasmin Khan,Serving Upis an electric, urgent anthology campaigning for representation around our dinner tables, wherever that dinner table may be.Includes essays from: Abigail Koffler, Apoorva Sripathi, Chris Nigro, Cynthia Greenlee, Duron Chavis, Fatima Tarkleman, Hassel Aviles, Izzie Ramirez, Lee Tran Lam, Lenore Adkins and others.