Design by Subtraction

Vegetables become more than garnish. Grains become more than filler.

https://islandinthenet.com/design-subtraction/

Design by Subtraction - Island in the Net

Vegetables become more than garnish. Grains become more than filler.

Island in the Net
2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

Join us for an unforgettable evening of celebration and social connection at one of Toronto's newest hot spots, And/Ore.

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Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food with Recipes

An anthology of essays, comics, and recipes that reveals the dynamic and transformative relationship between queerness and food

Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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#Queer #QueerFarming #QueerCulture #QueerFolk #TransFolk #CollectiveCare #FoodSecurity #Nurturing #Ecosystem #UrbanForaging #FoodProduction #RestaurantCulture

Upcoming Conference

FOUNDATIONS, EVOLUTIONS, & REVOLUTIONS We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Canadian Association for Food Studies Assembly will be hosted at George Brown College in Toronto, Ontario from June 2- June 5, 2025, and will be delivered in conjunction with the Federation for Humanities & Social Sciences Congress (running May 30 to June 6, 2025). The broader theme of

Canadian Association for Food Studies

I'll be honest: I've been feeling uninspired and stuck in my food writing. Reading this gorgeously-written, multifaceted piece feels like it's pointing me back towards my groove.

#FoodWriting #RestaurantCulture #SocialCommentary

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-food-scene/the-eternal-question-of-food-versus-service

The Eternal Question of Food Versus Service

Helen Rosner reviews the restaurant Cecchi’s, operated by the career maître d’ Michael Cecchi-Azzolina in the space that once housed Café Loup.

The New Yorker

Just received a (semi-spontaneous) call from a chef at a swishy spot a few hours away. We had a great, long chat about the state of the restaurant industry, the toxicity that's fed by awards and the entitled set, how the loss of knowledgeable (beat) reporters in food has impacted the public's understanding of the industry. So much to think about.

#Restaurants #RestaurantCulture #Hospitalityindustry

And yes. The Menu really brought to mind Peter Greenaway's The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover. Neither film is for the faint-hearted. 4/

#TheMenu #PeterGreenaway #Restaurants #Chefs #RestaurantCulture