“Citation is how we acknowledge our debt to those who came before; those who helped us find our way when the way was obscured because we deviated from the paths we were told to follow.” -Sara Ahmed, cultural theorist

Informed & moved by the work, ideas, and contributions of the below in no particular order:

Immolakee Coalition of Workers

Lily Choi, TCM practitioner

The Atavist, magazine

Andrew Wong, chef and anthropologist

Paulo Freire, writer and educator

Soleil Ho, food critic

Mirisata, worker-owned restaurant

Atlas of Transformation, global guidebook

Ashtin Berry, hospitality activist

Gran Fury, AIDS activists and guerilla art collective

Ocean Vuong, writer and poet

Josh Niland, chef

New Economy Coalition, solidarity economy coalition

Parapraxis, magazine

Sidney Mintz, writer and anthropologist

Carmen Maria Machado, writer

Jamaica Kincaid, writer

Death, Sex and Money, podcast

Cordial, restaurant and bar

Project Cybersyn, Chilean political experiment

Reciprocal filial piety

Sunnyside-Woodside Mutual aid, neighborhood mutual aid network

Aimé Césaire, writer and poet

Guerilla gardening

Stuts Jazz Journey, Spotify playlist

ROC United, restaurant worker organizers

Reem Assil, chef and activist

Sally Barnes, fisherwoman

Aeon, magazine

Design Justice, framework

Black Panther Party’s breakfast and medical clinic programs

Nalgonas, dissident ED educator

BJ Dennis, chef

Kyla Wazana Tompkins, writer

Maintenance Phase, podcast

Little Fish, restaurant

Leo Kirts, writer

Providencia, restaurant

Commune de Paris

Hanif Abdurraqib, music critic

Street Vendor Project

Sault, artist collective

Keywords for American Cultural Studies, essay anthology

Triage in food distribution

Stop Cop City, abolitionist organization

Dawa’s, restaurant

Assata Shakur, activist

Atoboy/Atomix, restaurants

Fújì, music genre

Chicago Teacher’s Union

Radical hackerspace culture

Roque Rodriguez, entrepreneur and activist

Lil Deb’s Oasis, restaurant

Ta-Nahesi Coates, writer

Mahmoud Darwish, poet

Choy Commons, farm cooperative

A Growing Culture, organization

Corrutela, restaurant

Tao Leigh Goffe, academic

Splendid Table, podcast

W.O.W. Project, Manhattan Chinatown activists

Anthony Padilla, mycologist

Coastal cuisines everywhere

Monique Truong, writer

James Baldwin, writer

Bossa nova, music genre

Urban citizenship, specifically as outlined by Dr. Derese Kassa

Natalie Diaz, poet

Jane Jacobs, activist and urbanist

Sakagura, restaurant

Amiri Baraka, poet

Verso Books, publishing house

Project O, fermentation project

Emergence, magazine

Haudenosaunee Confederacy, political structure

Mokonuts, restaurant

Anthony Bourdain, writer

Nina Simone, musician

Septime, restaurant

Jacobin’s Bourdain obituary, by Arun Gupta

Superiority Burger, restaurant

Corona Plaza Street Vendors Association

Eartha Kitt, musician and activist

Eugene Lim, novelist

Bluestockings, bookstore

Land to Sea, café

Astoria Mutual Aid, neighborhood mutual aid network and pantry

Cecilia Vicuña, artist

Anna Tsing, writer

On Being, podcast

last updated 3.8.25