Food-Related Stories - Paperback

by Gaby Melian (Author), Ash Kwak Lukashevsky (Illustrator)

In this edition of the Pocket Change Collective, meet chef and food activist Gaby Melian as she shares her life story and belief that our relationship with food can be a powerful motivator for change.

"The pages are dripping with delicious smells and tastes, and will give you a new way to look at both cooking and what it means to have a plan."--Molly Birnbaum, editor in chief, America's Test Kitchen Kids

"We should all be like Gaby--cook a little more, share a little more, and smell a little more."--Claire Saffitz, New York Times bestselling author and chef

In Food-Related Stories, chef and activist Gaby Melian shares her journey with food--from growing up in Argentina to her time as a street vendor and later as Bon Appétit's test kitchen manager. Powerful and full of heart, Melian explores how we can develop a relationship with food that's personal, healthy, and thoughtful--and how that's a form of activism in its own right.

Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space to be yourself. And this is your invitation to join us. This is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists.

Author Biography

Gaby Melian is a professional chef with almost twenty years of industry experience and a lifetime of personal knowledge about food and all its many wonderful flavors. She shares her deep love of food and vast kitchen know-how across multiple food media outlets. Her life in food has led her to many roles, including street vendor, culinary instructor, official Food Revolution ambassador, Bon Appétit test kitchen manager, cooking video host--and who knows what's next! Gaby completed her culinary training at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City with degrees in Culinary Management, Culinary Arts, and Pastry Arts. Find her on Instagram @gabymelian.

Ashley Lukashevsky is an illustrator and visual artist born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, currently based in Los Angeles. Ashley uses illustration and art as tools to strengthen social movements against systemic racism, sexism, and anti-immigrant policy. She aims to tear down these systems of oppression through first envisioning and drawing a world without them. Her clients include Refinery29, Broadly, The Washington Post, Planned Parenthood, Girls Who Code, GOOD magazine, Brooklyn magazine, ACLU, Red Bull, Snapchat, Air Jordan, and Logo TV. Ashley is also the illustrator of the best-selling Antiracist Baby, by Ibram X. Kendi.