Women on Food: Charlotte Druckman and 115 Writers, Chefs, Critics, Television Stars, and Eaters

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Women on Food unites the radical, diverging female voices of the food industry in this urgent, moving, and often humorous collection of essays, interviews, questionnaires, illustrations, quotes, and ephemera. Edited by Charlotte Druckman and featuring esteemed food journalists and thinkers, including Soleil Ho, Nigella Lawson, Diana Henry, Carla Hall, Samin Nosrat, Rachael Ray, and many others, this compilation illuminates the notable and varied women who make up the food world. Exploring issues from the #MeToo movement, gender bias in division of labor and the workplace, and the underrepresentation of women of color in leadership, to cultural trends including food and travel shows, the intersection of fashion and food, and the evolution of food writing in the last few decades, Women on Food brings together food's most vital female voices.

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Druckman presents an entertaining and thought-provoking variety show of previously unpublished essays, interviews, and ephemera from women working in the world of food...This celebration of womens influence in the industry and primer on the discrimination they still face will satisfy foodies and feminists alike. * Publishers Weekly *
A potent reminder of just how much women shape and are shaped by the culture of food. -- The New York Times
Its sharp, witty, entertaining and has insights from a host of brilliant food writers." -- The Guardian
a thought-provoking and sometimes anger-inducing tome that should be required reading for anyone working in the restaurant business, or anyone interested in the gender politics of food." -- The Times

Author Bio

Charlotte Druckman is a journalist, food writer, and creator of Food52s Tournament of Cookbooks (a.k.a. The Piglet). She is the author of Stir, Sizzle, Bake and Skirt Steak: Women Chefs on Standing the Heat & Staying in the Kitchen, and coauthor of Anita Los Cooking Without Borders. Druckman resides in New York.