How does traditional masculinity affect the culture of a restaurant kitchen? As a woman, how do you gain respect? Why are women cooks so rare? How do traditional gender roles play out? Why is the burden on women to change to fit into the culture, rather than the other way around?   

We talk a lot about my experience as a woman in kitchens, but there’s a lot more to the gender conversation. 

Here are a few articles about gender and sexuality from different perspectives: 

“I Hid Who I was for So Long Until I Became a Cook” by Andy Baraghani 

“What It’s Like to be Queer, Trans, Black and a Line Cook” by Charlie Anderle 

“Queer Food Is Hiding in Plain Sight” by Angie Wang