Title Feeding New Orleans : celebrity chefs and reimagining food justice / Jeanne K. Firth

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]

Click on the following:
JSTOR eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource : illustrations Contents Laissez les bons temps rouler: chef humanitarianism in the "new" New Orleans -- Ambivalent gifts: new paradigms of humanitarianism -- Remaking foodscapes in New Orleans -- The fundraiser: financing celebrity chef philanthropy -- The history of the land and caring chefs -- The next top chef: rebranding gourmet foodscapes -- Uneven geographies of giving Summary "After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, many high-profile chefs in New Orleans pledged to help their city rebound from the flooding. Several formed their own charitable organizations, including the John Besh Foundation, to help revitalize the region and its restaurant scene. A year and a half after the disaster when the total number of open restaurants eclipsed the pre-Katrina count, it was embraced as a sign that the city itself had survived, and these chefs arguably became the de facto heroes of the city's recovery. Meanwhile, food justice organizations tried to tap into the city's legendary food culture to fundraise, marketing high-end dining events that centered these celebrity chefs. Jeanne K. Firth documents the growth of celebrity humanitarianism, viewing the phenomenon through the lens of feminist ethnography to understand how elite philanthropy is raced, classed, and gendered. Firth finds that cultures of sexism in the restaurant industry also infuse chef-led philanthropic initiatives. As she examines this particular flavor of elite, celebrity-based philanthropy, Firth illuminates the troubled relationships between consumerism, food justice movements, and public-private partnerships in development and humanitarian aid"-- Provided by publisher Notes Description based upon print version of record Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Restaurants -- Moral and ethical aspects Celebrity chefs -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 21st century Humanitarianism -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 21st century SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / General Celebrity chefs Economic history Humanitarianism SUBJECT New Orleans (La.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century Subject Louisiana -- New Orleans Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9798890861771

  Permalink