a screenshot of a zoom conversation. on the left kamala throws back her head laughing and on the right karen tongson has her face screwed up with discomfort and her fists pressed together.
Food and Drink

The Dyke Kitchen: Defining Taste With Karen Tongson

Tongson’s personal cooking style relies on saving the ingredients or parts that traditionally, institutionally have less value — “something that you think is burdened by indignity, cheapness and trash” — and finding her own perfect application that proves otherwise. “Sometimes it is relevant to bring in the conversation that Nietzsche started, in relation to Britney Spears,” she says with a laugh.

three dishes sit on a table touching their edges. a bowl with a peek of avocado and orange is at the bottom, a blue plate with tomatoes and nectarines is on the top right, and a bright green plate with chicken, corn, carrots and greens, and small rolls of yellow squash.
Recipes

The Dyke Kitchen: The Art Of Salad

I know salad is known to many people as a kind of ascetic diet food, but I grew up eating luxurious salads that my mom made. What I love about salads is that they’re like a live jazz solo, where you can throw together the same ingredients over and over again, and they’ll always be good, but never quite in the same way.