Cooking and Covid19: Justice and Dinner

Growing, making food can be radical politics that work toward nutritional equity

My goal with this project was simple: In the face of a pandemic, orders to stay home, restaurants closed, I wanted to share some ideas for mostly-healthful, delicious, easy-to-make food. Feeding one another, I reasoned, is a hopeful, loving political act.

Political action became more urgent from the day of George Floyd’s murder. Those of us who are white need to see the racism in front of us, call it out, examine our lives and feelings. We need to get…