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PLAY is a cookbook zine featuring recipes, essays, and artwork from a community of LGBTQ+ chefs, writers, and artists, including Andy Baraghani, Brontez Purnell, Julia Turshen, Rebekah Pepler, Magdalena O’Neal, Jon Kung, Isabel Rower, Tyler Givens, Michelle Hyun Kim, Sarah Stellwag, Preeti Mistry, Telly Justice, Lisa Fernandes, Chala June, Martine Guttierez, Lo Alalay, Meech Boakye, Silver Iocovozzi, Leo Kirts, and Alyssa Nitchun.
Created as a way to celebrate and nourish the queer community, proceeds from all PLAY projects will be donated to queer mutual aid initiatives.
All proceeds from this volume of the zine will go to two mutual aid projects addressing housing and food insecurity among the queer and trans communities: The Okra Project in NYC and Intransitive in Arkansas.
By buying a copy of the zine, you will be directing funds to queer mutual aid projects. Zines will be available during the event with a pay-as-you-wish option so that you can donate as much as you’d like to these initiatives!
The project is being led by Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Ludwig Hurtado, Senior Editor, Colleen Hamilton, and Creative Director, Gabriella Lewis. We're three folks in the food and media space who got tired of seeing tired Pride month stories about "queer food" that don't address the actual problem of food insecurity for the most vulnerable among us. We felt it important to center these narratives as an antidote to “corporate pride.” We were all devastated by the ongoing attacks on trans youth— which have led to alarming rates of homelessness and food insecurity—and wanted to tap into the long history of queer mutual aid.
IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING INFORMATION: The zine is currently listed as Pay What You Can, with a minimum of $14 for the zine and $6 for domestic shipping. For international shipping, we simply ask that folks opt to pay a “fair price” considering the cost of shipping.
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Where's the money going?
Every PLAY project will direct proceeds to different organizations that address the problems of housing and food insecurity affecting the LGBTQ community. For this first PLAY release, we're donating our proceeds to two organizations committed to these efforts: The Okra Project and Intransitive.
This zine is raising funds for The Okra Project:
"Our mutual aid collective is focused on supporting Black Trans people and alleviating the barriers that our community faces. We envision a safe, abundant, and equitable life for Black Trans people across the United States, and our service pillars reflect this vision."
This zine is raising funds for Intransitive
"Intransitive works to advance the cause of Trans liberation in Arkansas through art, education, advocacy, organizing and culture in order to create effective systemic change and on-the-ground impact. We focus on supporting and building the leadership of Trans people with the commitment to a vision and strategy rooted in the grassroots experience of Trans migrants of color."
Contributor spotlight: Silver Iocovozzi
Silver Iocovozzi is a Filipinx chef and owner of Neng Jr.'s, the first Filipinx restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina.
Contributor spotlight: Jon Kung
Jon Kung is a Chinese American chef, from Detroit, known for his unique style of third culture cooking, blending cultural traditions, flavors and ingredients that are meaningful and personal to him.
Contributor spotlight: Lo Alaylay
Lo Alaylay is a chef and food consultant who is focused on restorative food practices and food justice.
Contributor spotlight: Julia Tershen
Julia Turshen is a bestselling cookbook author, winner of the 2022 IACP Award for Best Cookbook: Health & Nutrition. Julia is the founder of Equity at the Table, an inclusive digital directory. Epicurious has named Julia one of the ‘100 Greatest Home Cooks of All Time.’ She sits on the Kitchen Cabinet Advisory Board for the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and is a member of God’s Love We Deliver’s Culinary Council.
Contributor spotlight: Magdalena O'Neal
Magdalena O'Neal is a chef and creative from the California Bay Area.
Contributor Spotlight: Rebekah Peppler
Rebekah Peppler is a Paris-based food, travel, and lifestyle writer and food stylist. Her latest cookbook, À Table, was published with Chronicle in April 2021. Her book APÉRITIF: Cocktail Hour the French Way was published by Clarkson Potter in October 2018 and is a 2019 James Beard Foundation nominee. Her next book, le SUD, will be published with Chronicle in 2024.
Contributor Spotlight: Lisa Fernandes
A finalist on Top Chef Season 4 in Chicago, Toronto native Lisa Fernandes is currently based in Brooklyn, NY. With over 20 years of culinary experience, she has worked at several high-end restaurants in NYC including Asia de Cuba, Rain, Public, Mai House and Dos Caminos.
Contributor Spotlight: Telly Justice
Telly Justice is the Executive Chef & Owner of New York City queer restaurant HAGS. She's a food justice advocate, and a visionary creating opportunity for more queer spaces within fine dining.
Contributor Spotlight: Preeti Mistry
Chef Preeti Mistry was twice nominated by the James Beard Foundation as Best Chef of the West 2017 & 2018. Chef of Oakland's late lamented Juhu Beach Club & Navi Kitchen and co-author of The Juhu Beach Club Cookbook. Born in London and raised in the US. They were a contestant on Top Chef Season 6.
Brontez Purnell
Brontez Purnell is an American writer, musician, dancer, and director based out of Oakland, California. He is the author of several award-winning books, including Since I Laid My Burden Down, 100 Boyfriends, which won a Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction, and the punk zine Fag School.
| Category | Publishing, Art, Culture |
|---|---|
| Release Date | 22 October 2024 |
| Catalog Number | PZ001 |