# At The Kitchen Table Intimately poignant kitchen table conversations about food, intersectionality, and everything in between. Page: Feed: --- ## [When Our Food Supply Gets the Cooties](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/when-our-food-supply-gets-the-cooties) _2026-07-23 · Kimberly Parris_ A rabbit hole of Taylor Farms' shenanigans, pattern recognition, and whether boycotting is worth it ## [Fed by Power: This Land Feeds Me Not, Part 2](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/fed-by-power-this-land-feeds-me-not) _2026-07-06 · Kimberly Parris_ On Sysco ‘buying’ culinary street cred, farm funding, and how the American people get the short end of the stick in every scenario ## [The Table They Built](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/the-table-they-built) _2026-06-20 · Kimberly Parris_ The real history of Juneteenth - and the five women carrying Black American food culture and history forward ## [The Bird, The Blueprint, and The Griot](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/the-bird-the-blueprint-and-the-griot) _2026-06-03 · Kimberly Parris_ Korean Fried Chicken, Black American soldiers, and the culinary history that was never written down. ## [Food Apartheid & Million Dollar Corners](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/food-apartheid-and-million-dollar) _2026-04-27 · Kimberly Parris_ On spoiled tomatoes, shifting borders, and why food access in New York City is anything but natural ## [No One Taught Escoffier How to Chunkay](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/no-one-taught-escoffier-how-to-chunkay) _2026-04-06 · Kimberly Parris_ On burnt garlic, the "father of culinary", and the standard that wasn't built alone ## [First Prize, No Show](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/first-prize-no-show) _2026-03-19 · Kimberly Parris_ A story about cooking shows, when gatekeeping goes wrong, and the dream that needed a different container ## [Pantry Politics](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/pantry-politics) _2026-03-03 · Kimberly Parris_ On vanilla beans, harissa, heirloom Le Creusets, and the dissonance of who should have nice things ## [When The Food Travels Without Us](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/when-the-food-travels-without-us) _2026-01-31 · Kimberly Parris_ How Black Cuisine Becomes "Fine Dining" Through Erasure ## [Zero-Persistence E2EE (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/KxviqaZGnGw5) _2026-01-31 · **Sponsored**_ End-to-end encryption with client-side WebCrypto and volatile memory. ## [Fine Dining and the Diaspora](https://kimberlyparris.substack.com/p/fine-dining-and-the-diaspora) _2026-01-07 · Kimberly Parris_ Why Black Excellence Is Still Treated As The Exception