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Wok Envy

Bruce Cole | Edible SF
Jun 4
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Hello!

SUMMER

You are the ice cream sandwich connoisseur of your generation.

Blessed are your floral shorteralls, your deeply pink fanny pack with 
travel-size lint roller just in case.

Level of splendiferous in your outfit: 200.

Types of invisible pain stemming from adolescent disasters in classrooms, locker rooms, & quite often Toyota Camrys: at least 10,000.

You are not a jigglypuff, not yet a wigglytuff.

Reporters & fathers call your generation “the worst.”

Which really means “queer kids who could go online & learn that queer doesn’t have to mean disaster.”

Or dead.

Instead, queer means, splendiferously, you.

& you means someone who knows that common flavors for ice cream 
sandwiches in Singapore include red bean, yam, & honeydew.

Your powers are great, are growing.

One day you will create an online personality quiz that also freshens the breath.

The next day you will tell your father, You were wrong to say that I had to change.

To make me promise I would. To make me promise.

& promise.

—Chen Chen, Poetry, March 2021

Happy pride!

By the way, I'm Bruce Cole, Publisher of Edible San Francisco. If you’re new here, welcome to EAT.DRINK.THINK., a newsletter spotlighting seasonal recipes, the latest SF Bay Area food news, poetry, and more!

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BOYCOTT WEEK

The Muffin Wars: On Wednesday, the SF Chronicle published a story on Third Culture Bakery’s litigious strategy of sending cease-and-desist letters to bakers and food bloggers using the term “mochi muffin,” which they trademarked in 2018. Sure enough, Third Culture Bakery’s Yelp page was flooded with negative reviews, social media exploded in outrage and ignited calls to boycott the bakery’s muffins. SF Chronicle

ShakeShack Boycott? As reported by BillyPenn, the founders behind Martin’s Potato Rolls (number #1 branded potato roll in the U.S.) are backing Doug Mastriano, a republican candidate for governor in PA. Mastriano, who was at the Jan. 6, 2021, rally in D.C. and promotes QAnon beliefs and other conspiracy theories, recently proposed making everyone in the state of Pennsylvania re-register to vote again. Kenji Lopez Alt posted the story to Instagram, and a who’s who of food cognoscenti including Tom Colicchio (Top Chef), Kerry Diamond (Cherry Bombe), and more, dittoed his comments:

I will not be buying any more Martin’s products, nor will I support any establishment that uses their buns until they change suppliers, and I’d urge you to do the same if you don’t want your dollars supporting this stuff (this includes all @shakeshack and @federaldonuts locations).

Makes You Wonder 🤔: Seems counterintuitive that the folks at Amy’s Kitchen would unsubscribe from EAT.DRINK.THINK. after we posted the news about a boycott on their products back in March. Wouldn’t you want to know how the food media is covering you? The latest:

Twitter avatar for @AnnaCanning_Anna Canning @AnnaCanning_
More union busting at Amy's Kitchen, another business claiming to be "a force for good" through #BCorp certification. It's part of a disturbing trend, but it's not just a coincidence - Putting a label on it doesn't change the exploitative status quo.
fairworldproject.org/b-corp-nespres…

Deena Shanker @deenashanker

SCOOP: Vegetarian brand Amy's Kitchen is facing a unionization drive at a second plant. Employees say they get penalized for taking sick days, don't get enough bathroom breaks and are now being subject to union busting. https://t.co/phbosoXLdR

June 1st 2022

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The Fast Food Grift: New report from Fight For $15 (fast food workers demanding $15/hr and a union) notes that 85% of fast-food workers in California report experiencing wage theft:

Over the course of the pandemic, fast-food workers emerged as an essential workforce, helping to feed communities and fuel local economies across the state. As our new survey finds, however, these same workers – employed by some of the world’s largest, most profitable brands – face rampant wage theft by their employers. Fast Food Justice Ahora


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Peach Season Is Here:

Twitter avatar for @NoLieWithBTCNo Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC
NEW: Marjorie Taylor Greene just baselessly said the government wants to track when people eat cheeseburgers because they want you to eat “Bill Gates’ fake meat that grows in a peach tree dish.”

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That’s all for this week.

We’re outta here. Be well and take care,
–Bruce

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