LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
WOMEN’S WORK
In this special issue of Edible Philly, the Women in Food issue, we celebrate the way the Philadelphia food scene is shaped and propelled forward by a large number of accomplished, ambitious, talented, visionary women. The story of women in food, in Philadelphia and everywhere, is a long one, an infinite one, a story that is eternally written, rewritten, revised. We’re to-be-continued on women in food.
That said, I have special feelings for the women we’re spotlighting on nearly every page of this magazine. The feature you’ll read about chef and entrepreneur Marcie Turney on page 17 came about when associate editor Katherine Rapin and I were brainstorming ideas for this issue.
“Where have you eaten lately?” I asked.
“Bud & Marilyn’s,” she said. “It was amazing.” I myself had just enjoyed a fabulous meal at Lolita, a regular spot for my husband and me, a place I have been dining for 14 years. I couldn’t believe we had not done this story before, but I’m thrilled to share it, and the other features in this issue, with you now.
I also want to talk about Edible Philly’s contributors. If you look at our contributors’ page every issue, you’ll see a lot of women there. It isn’t because I have anything against men (on the contrary, guys, pitch me!). I think it’s because it tends to be women who are willing to put in the legwork to see a story they care about published, even when, as a mission-driven publication, Edible Philly’s honorariums are not commensurate with their talents. It’s women whose patience allows them to simmer a story for many months, as was the case with writer Alex Jones and her story, “The Butcher and The Chef,” on page 22.
It’s women who plant, water and grow the relationships, the community, that makes the Philadelphia food world tick, so it is the women who know where the stories are. Often, women are listening when men are talking.
This issue celebrates all of that, what we’ve accomplished and all the victories that are yet to come for women in food—and in every aspect of our world.
Joy Manning
Editor
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