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There is a coup going on in the @nytimes cooking community Facebook group. Here& #39;s the scoop: A member posted about making sure to vote, and the moderators removed his post since the group is supposed to be a haven from politics, focused only on food.
The members, numbering over 62k, weren& #39;t having it and made it clear that food is undoubtedly political. They began to fashion food to spell VOTE, using captions only directly related to food. The creativity and patriotism is inspiring. Here are some of their creations.
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Bottom line: food is political. Food can be used to build community, change lives, feed the hungry, inspire creativity, and it also could be easily squandered. Use your voice (qnd your food) to inspire change.
I& #39;m using my considerable cooking talent to make a Thanksgiving feast that, prepared to go, will feed queer folks and POC in my hometown. Chip in to cover the cost of ingredients, and warm a hungry soul: https://koji.to/4JkW ">https://koji.to/4JkW"...
For folks wondering why they should support a stranger, @LaurenRowello wrote about my work building community through food in this article in the NYT. If you prefer to use Venmo instead of Koji, my handle is @mechanicshopfemme https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/fashion/weddings/when-a-few-thousand-strangers-rsvp.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/2...
