On this episode of the podcast, we’re celebrating Pride Month and talking about Out in the Kitchen: A Cookbook for those with non-discriminating taste compiled in 1995 by Maine Won’t Discriminate, a political coalition based in Portland, Maine. The cookbook was raising money to fight an anti-gay rights referendum that was on the ballot in Maine in the mid-1990s. We talk with Susan Sanders and Nancy Wanderer who were part of Maine Won’t Discriminate, and have 8 recipes in the book. And for our cooking segment, Karl made Nancy and Susan’s recipe for Spanakopeeta, Margaret made Tom Andrews’ Wicked Good Maine Lobster Chili and Backyard Rhubarb Pie, and Don made Oyster Dip and Gougeres.

In this episode we also start a conversation about the large specialty Midwestern community cookbook publishers (which will be continued in an upcoming bonus episode), and discuss at length how community cookbooks reflect changing communities and new charitable causes in American society.

For the recipes from today's episode, visit: https://communitycookbook.com/recipes

To see images from today's cookbook and photos of the food we made, visit our Instagram feed or Facebook page.

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If you want to watch the 1994 Frontline documentary "Hilary's Class" that features Nancy Wanderer and Susan Sanders, you can find it here: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/hillarys-class/

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This episode is sponsored by Rabelais: Fine Books on Food & Drink

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Hosts: Margaret Hathaway, Karl Schatz, & Don Lindgren

Produced by Karl Schatz & Margaret Hathaway

Edited by Karl Schatz

Intro music: Singing for Our Lives performed by Women in Harmony

Outro music: Singing for Our Lives performed by Holly Near

Podcast theme music & break music by Ziv Grinberg.

Recorded on Riverside. Edited with Descript. Hosted on Simplecast.