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If You Can't Take the Heat
If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury | Geraldine DeRuiter
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From the James Beard Awardwinning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays on how food and cooking stoke the flames of her feminism. With charm and humor, Geraldine DeRuiter welcomes us into her personal history and thus reconnects us with ourselves.Mikki Kendall, New York Times bestselling author of Hood Feminism When celebrity chef Mario Batali sent out an apology letter for the sexual harassment allegations made against him, he had the gall to include a recipefor cinnamon rolls, of all things. Geraldine DeRuiter decided to make the recipe, and she happened to make food journalism history along with it. Her subsequent essay, with its scathing commentary about the pervasiveness of misogyny in the food world, would be read millions of times, lauded by industry luminaries from Martha Stewart to New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells, and would land DeRuiter in the middle of a media firestorm. She found herself on the receiving end of dozens of threats when all she wanted to do was make something to eat (and, okay fine, maybe take down the patriarchy). In If You Cant Take the Heat, DeRuiter shares stories about her shockingly true, painfully funny (and sometimes just painful) adventures in gastronomy. Well learn how she finally got a grip on her debilitating anxiety by emergency mealplanning for the apocalypse. (You are probably deeply worried that in times of desperation I would eat your pets. And yes, I absolutely would.) Or how she learned to embrace her hanger. (Because women can be a lot of things, but we cant be angry. Or president, apparently.) And how she inadvertently caused another international incident with a negative restaurant review. (She made it on to the homepage of The New York Timess website! And she got more death threats!) Deliciously insightful and bitingly clever, If You Cant Take the Heat is a fresh look at food and feminism from one of the culinary worlds sharpest voices.
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Chelsea.Poole
Chelsea.Poole
If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury | Geraldine DeRuiter
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The subtitle says it all: lots about food (love that!) and feminism (same!). I don‘t know Geraldine DeRuiter outside of this audiobook but I found her delivery and take on a wide variety of topics relatable (hello, anxiety!). I chuckled several times and loved the takedown of the fancy dining scene where they don‘t actually give you food! Apparently she went viral for her blog post about Mario Batali and his horrible cinnamon rolls and behavior.

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monalyisha
monalyisha
If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury | Geraldine DeRuiter
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This collection of personal essays by Geraldine DeRuiter, the James Beard award-winning writer of the Everywhereist blog, really grew on me! I knew next-to-nothing about the (audio)book or its author before starting it. At first, I felt that the composition was a little basic and on-the-nose, especially when it came to DeRuiter‘s expression of her intersectional, feminist ideology. But I didn‘t disagree with anything she said! 👇🏻

monalyisha 1/5: Ironically, I think the problem is that we‘d probably really get along & be friends (despite her having MUCH more money than I do; at least she‘s aware of her privilege). In general, her outlook is too similar to mine for her book to feel big enough or different enough to make a lasting impression. 6mo
monalyisha 2/5: Sometimes, I *also* worry that the public impression of me is, “Wow! She really likes her husband.” And, as Deruiter says when a(n uninterested) publisher accuses her of this, “…I…do?” Pair that with “Girl can eat!” and you‘ve got a baseline understanding of my personality. But there‘s more to me (us), okay?! 6mo
monalyisha 3/5: She emotes HARD when she narrates, something of which I am also guilty. Honestly, at times, this was *almost* too much for the medium. When I‘m leading Storytime, I can occasionally tell that there‘s a kiddo who agrees and that I probably need to tone it down, as well. 🙈 6mo
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monalyisha 4/5: She‘s the daughter of Italian immigrants and I am not. She enjoys cooking — and especially baking — and I do not. She‘s well-traveled whereas I can only dream of such a thing. But at our cores, it would seem there‘s a lot of overlap. Sometimes to an annoying degree. 😆 6mo
monalyisha 5/5: I enjoyed her anecdotes and reflections. I liked her as a person. Her writing is witty. She certainly knows more about pasta alle vongole than I do. And sure, my estranged father isn‘t an undercover spy (he‘s a Little Debbie salesman, which, come to think of it, would probably be the perfect cover…). But her relatable narrative didn‘t rock my world. 6mo
monalyisha To be fair, I shouldn‘t have followed “My Broken Language” up with another memoir. Hudes is a hard act to follow! 6mo
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Jilly6183
Jilly6183
If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury | Geraldine DeRuiter
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If you love food and don't hate women, this is a very enjoyable essay collection! I remember reading DeRuiter's hilarious viral review of the awful Michelin-starred restaurant in Italy (which she revisits here and even adds some updates), so I had high hopes and wasn't disappointed.

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Megabooks
Megabooks
If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury | Geraldine DeRuiter
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I listened to this memoir on audio at the same time I read Housewife in print, and they dovetailed nicely.

DeRuiter is a food writer who shot to fame over a viral blog post about Mario Batali and the #metoo movement. Here, she‘s collected essays about feminism and the world of food (both professional and home cooking) and its impact on her life and beliefs.

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