Art that matters: Allergy-friendly cookbook + sci-fi novella (Chicago journalist's new project)

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Dec 4, 2015, 11:04:53 AM12/4/15
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Since fundraising is not allowed on the COMFOOD list-serv, this is not a "fundraising" request. COMFOODers can think of this as a plea for "emergency funds for a colleague" or a "membership drive" (in addition to being an informational posting about a very interesting project).  Examples of both (emergency funds and membership drives) have appeared recently on COMFOOD with no official objection.   

Hi, all --

Anne Elizabeth Moore is a Chicago-based artist and journalist who does deep investigative journalism, analysis, dot-connecting, and event production -- all in the name of social justice, real democracy, and non-capitalist (non-burglary) economies.  She has been on a life-long quest to create "art that matters".  


PAST FOOD-AND-FARM PROJECTS.  I met Anne a few years ago when she interviewed me about food-and-farm issues for her Division Street Revisited series.  A few years later she invited me to contribute my Food, Farms, and Democracy to a 2013 update (Sentimental) of the 1848 women's rights document from the Seneca Falls, NY convention.


AUTO-IMMUNE DISEASE EPIDEMIC.  Now Anne is addressing food issues directly.  A few years ago, Anne developed an auto-immune disease and she is now turning her talents and partnering capacity towards creating a useful cookbook and a work of fiction that addresses the growing epidemic of people with auto-immune diseases (and other conditions that impact diet options).  

Per her usual style, Afterparty: A Community Guide to the Future will also address the interlocking set of unsatisfactory institutional responses to this epidemic (including responses by the food banks, the conventional medical and nutrition community, government programs, etc.).  

This project seems to investigate the interconnections between disease, food, money, gender, race, community, public policy, culture, etc. -- everything that food-and-farm people are also investigating -- while producing a useful cookbook for the many (and growing number of) people dealing with auto-immune disease and food allergies.


KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN.  Attached is a portion of the project description, taken from the project website on Kickstarter:

Deadline for Kickstarter campaign:   Dec. 10, 2015  
Pledges needed as of Dec. 3:  about $8,000 (of $14,000 goal)

Note that there are some interviews and information in the project "Updates" with special relevance to the food-and-farm community.  

-- Debbie


Debbie Hillman
Evanston, Illinois

D. Hillman Strategies:  Food Policy for Voters

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Afterparty:  A Community Guide to the Future
A guidebook of sorts, an allergy-friendly cookbook with a scifi novella tucked inside

Cookbook synopsis
Afterparty: A Cookbook is a sensitivity-friendly cookbook presenting preparations for dishes, condiments, and sweets—from phở, chili, and sriracha sauce to salt chocolate chunk cookies—that are welcoming to almost anyone. All recipes will be free of wheat, dairy, peanuts, soy, and nightshades—yes, try to cook like that without a guide!—and include further tips for cooking without corn, coconut, or other individual allergens. These recipes are both set within the postapocalyptic world presented in the novella and meant for use at your own table. 

About Author  
Anne Elizabeth Moore is an award-winning journalist, best-selling author, and Fulbright scholar based in Chicago. She has written for Al Jazeera, Salon, The Onion, Tin House, and Truthout. Her recent books include Unmarketable, Cambodian Grrrl, and New Girl Law. Her comics journalism collection Threadbare: Clothes, Sex, and Trafficking comes out in May.

Updates
#1  Q & A with Author, Anne Elizabeth Moore

#2  Radio Interview.. Anne Elizabeth Moore has been rocking with a recent interview with WGN Radio's "Outside the Loop" program. Hear her talk about this project and more via the link. To jump straight to her interview go to minute 29:00.
http://wgnradio.com/2015/11/15/otl-474-building-connections-in-the-classroom-the-secret-history-of-mcluhan-a-local-sci-fi-novella-and-cookbook-in-one/

#4.  Short interview with Martha Bayne around her experience involving food & writing.
Martha, we’ve known your work as editor and staff writer at the Chicago Reader back in the days, co-publisher of the amazing Soup & Bread book, but also organizer of the Soup & Bread series of hunger-relief fundraisers. You are currently editor of Belt magazine continuing your work in independent journalism....  A while back you wrote an article “On chefs, food media and hunger” about how the food industry is detached from the actual outreach addressing this topic. 

#5.  Anne Elizabeth Moore interviewed LA-based artist Johanna Hedva on honesty and the importance of community.
I recently saw video from a talk you gave at the Women's Center for Creative Work in LA called, “My Body Is a Prison of Pain so I Want to Leave It Like a Mystic But I Also Love It & Want it to Matter Politically”. In addition to your theory work around chronic illness, I was struck by the  dialogue you were able to forge. I know there's a collective in NYC called (I think) the canaries that also does work around chronic illness, but these conversations are less frequent in Chicago. How important is community to this work?
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