Alison Hope Alkon, Yuki Kato, and Joshua Sbicca
Dec 31, 2021A Recipe for Gentrification
Food, Power, and Resistance in the City
NYU Press 2020
A Recipe for Gentrification: Food, Power, and Resistance in the City (NYU Press, 2020), edited by Alison Hope Alkon, Yuki Kato, and Joshua Sbicca, is a collection of essays examining how gentrification uproots the urban food landscape, and what activists are doing to resist it.
From
hipster coffee shops to upscale restaurants, a bustling local food
scene is perhaps the most commonly recognized harbinger of
gentrification. A Recipe for Gentrification explores this
widespread phenomenon, showing the ways in which food and gentrification
are deeply―and, at times, controversially―intertwined.
Contributors
provide an inside look at gentrification in different cities, from
major hubs like New York and Los Angeles to smaller cities like
Cleveland and Durham. They examine a wide range of food
enterprises―including grocery stores, restaurants, community gardens,
and farmers' markets―to provide up-to-date perspectives on why
gentrification takes place, and how communities use food to push back
against displacement.
Ultimately, they unpack the consequences for vulnerable people and neighborhoods. A Recipe for Gentrification
highlights how the everyday practices of growing, purchasing and eating
food reflect the rapid―and contentious―changes taking place in American
cities in the twenty-first century.