I can’t believe I am just now sharing this book with you.  Women on Food was released in October 2019 and is part of my Abrams Dinner Party box of books that I receive to read, review, and just play enjoy.

This book is a little different because it has stories and insights from women writers, chefs, critics, television stars, and eaters along with short snippets on a variety of subjects from truths about mothers, failing up and down, misconceptions about strong women in various fields, interviews with various women. and even some thank you notes to those that helped out these women along the way.

This book is not meant to be consumed in one sitting but rather savored like an amazing dessert or a fine wine.

I wanted to share a few thoughts from various women about what type of food they wanted to cook but were told they couldn’t or made to feel like they couldn’t just because they were a woman.

“Carving a turkey? Maybe…but I could have if I really wanted to.” – Ana Bortun

“Ice cream in 1996.” – Jeri Britton Bauer

“When first starting, I wanted to learn everything.  Butchering in particular was not as friendly to women. So that was the one area I felt people would make you feel like couldn’t do it.” – Dianna Daoheung

“Anything on the grill….GRRRR” – Christina Tosi

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.