Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen

4 reviews

cassielaj's review against another edition

informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

Mayukh Sen took a fascinating but intimidatingly broad topic and turned it into a digestible, thought-provoking read. It’s clearly thoroughly researched, and the respect he has for these women and others like them is evident. At times, the structure left something to be desired, as each woman’s story jumped around a bit, and I didn’t always grasp the through line. However, the introduction and afterword do a great job of contextualizing Sen’s work and making his intent clear. Overall, I really enjoyed reading this book. It’s an excellent work of journalism, and I learned a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

bridge_to_narnia's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

I am so glad these women’s stories are being told. This information is fascinating and the affects they have had on the culinary world in America is crazy. While I would not say this book is a nail biter or page turner (I could put it down), it was filled with parts of history that I had no idea about. These women have had great impact on my cooking without my knowledge and paved way for everything that had come after them. Even without their culinary contributions, their academic achievements are astounding for the time periods they lived it. Everyone in this book is an inspiration.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

All the content warnings are just facts. They are not described in detail, they are just context for that woman’s life. For example,

one of the women quit working as executive chef because her all male staff did not respect her.

This was basically how the information was present, just a context for a decision, something that is mildly frustrating, but not dwelled upon.

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

clarabooksit's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia