This is What Democracy Cooks Like

Amanda Hesser & Merrill Stubbs: This is the kind of tripe you get with inane and insane political posts. Food52? Good luck with the shop and advertisers on Food52 beware: Many of us don't shop on web sites or buy products in grocery stores that support this garbage. Added Cabot Creamery Cheese to my "no buy" list this am when I saw the sponsored post on Pimento Cheese.

What did pimento cheese ever do to you? I'm genuinely curious now.

Nothing! But if this site is going to post illiterate political commentary as stories / posts, then the sponsors should know that a whole bunch of us -- more than half of the consumers in the country -- will not be supporting the advertisers subsidizing the illiterate political commentary. [There was another post today sponsored by Cabot Cheese. Thought that company should know exactly what they are paying for by sponsoring content: Ticking off half the people who buy their products.]

Mmm more Cabot cheese for the rest of us, gonna buy extra to compensate for them losing your business :)

Half of the people who buy their products? I don't think so considering the popular vote and Trump's lowest ratings in presidential history in a little over a week.

Cabot Cheese ROCKS! anyone who boycotts it.. entirely THEIR loss..

Wow, Sarah, "illiterate?" Read pretty well to me. Your post is so much more divisive than anything from Food52. We hear you that you disagree with something, maybe that it sounded like the author was referring to a Women's March? Maybe you think you don't agree with one or more of the tenets of the marchers. Can't we have civil discourse, not immediate hysteria?

Apparently you didn't attend a march in your area. I did. It was nothing like the picture you paint. And what if someone brought scones? How does that effect you? I wish someone had brought scones! Believe me my consumer boycott (can you say the word) extends far beyond yours, I'm sure.

Good for you! You ratified my point: Why would any apolitical biz allow inane / insane political commentary to affect its bottom line? Any biz that does that does it at its own peril. Will be very interesting to see what Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs choose to do. I can enjoy all their free content -- love the Genius Recipes -- but not buy a thing from this site or its sponsors. That biz model won't work for them, long-term. Won't work for any biz, really. Food52 is a fascinating case study for me.

You do love the words inane and insane, some might call that inane and insane. As someone who works in the tech/start up industry.. Food 52 is actually doing swimmingly well sooo...

And enjoying their free content increases their page views, which is important for advertisers so you're inadvertently helping them :) Kind of like that Starbucks boycott that didn't go as planned

Nothing inane or insane about the comments here. Simply people telling stories about their experiences and how cooking and sharing strengthened their bonds with their friends, neighbors, and strangers met at a positive march expressing the First Amendment in hope for a better future.

Page views do not monetize a web site.

Sarah - what you might find is that the majority of voters who disagree with your views also fuel a lot of the buying in this country. Why not try to understand each other? Not everyone at the march loved Madonna's speech. I didn't even hear it as there were so many people there. What I saw was hundreds of thousands of people peacefully stating that we believe in a diverse, free country. Maybe your way is not to wear a vulva costume. It's not mine either. But I support a person's right to wear whatever costume (s)he desires, even Kellyanne's fascistic several thousand dollar coat.

well then Sarah, I think you just declared yourself as a gloating Freeloader.. Does not cast you in a positive light.

Indeed, Panfusine! She will deign to use the free site, and the recipes of a broad swath of generous cooks from around the world. Does she not realize where most of the food she cooks comes from? The recipes?

But of course!

We would like to learn from you, too!

thank you, of course i can share bulgarian dishes recipes

Sad!

So sad.

Great story and the way we want to think of ourselves!

WEll said Betty Jo McDonald!

love this Betty Jo! Absolutely, we need the reminder of where our food comes from. As with restaurant workers.

Yeah! Thank you for sharing. Isn't this just one of the things that makes America beautiful? Where else in the world do you have so many cultures coming together, with the commonality of needing to eat? By living in America, I've come in contact with the cuisines and people of so many places around the world that I know I'll never be able to travel to, so I feel very blessed and humbled to have the opportunity to learn from my neighbors, coworkers, friends, and strangers. :)

Hopefully you'll find some ideas here! https://food52.com/blog/12729-11-make-ahead-snacks-for-planes-trains-and-really-long-car-rides and https://food52.com/blog/7251-community-picks-road-trip-snacks

Of course! Thank you!

Thanks, Lainie. I agree!

How do you know we all are liberals? In fact, in my group of friends, we are actually fairly centrist. What is going on is NOT normal, even among those who call themselves conservatives. My conservative friends are equally as appalled as my very liberal friends. As such, we look to food as a source of joy, since even in the most trying of times, joy is needed.

BTW - I hope you have a very, truly blessed day. :-) God Speed!

We don't know and it may be some time before we do know what circumstances brought about the election results, so I wouldn't crow about the outcome. Voter suppression, foreign influences, and purposeful de-registration of voters all played parts as means to the end (of times).

I live and Germany, and would like to say that I am proud of my adopted home for warmly welcoming people in need of a new homeland. Your scare mongering against refugees is ill-informed and shameful.

Why do you assume that political activity is liberal? The most recent march in Washington was for Right to Life. There is nothing partisan about discussing the ways we use food in our political activities, it's something we can all share, that can bring us together across party lines.

Hej Lainie, I live in Scandinavia and just wanted to report my personal experience here. Yes, we have a lot more refugees in recent years and this population change is felt in the culture. But we also recognize that our culture is dynamic, ever-changing, and adaptable. And it is through food that many of us here first encounter and come to understand other cultures—especially from refugees who are starting new restaurants and food businesses. In fact, we look to the United States as an example for this type of dynamic culture that can exist in a working democracy. Isn't that the foundation of the US? Please help me understand this better. Many of us here are willing and able to accept this influx of refugees who are in desperate need of stability and a secure place to raise families. Refugees have the lowest status in terms of human rights—it is a painful and desperate experience which can only be overcome by the charitable expression of love from one person to another. Please help me understand a better way to meet the global refugee crisis.

thank you E!

How sad and shortsighted that you can't see the ways in which your life as an American is already enriched and supported by the immigrants who live there.