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101: Jenny Dorsey

On this episode of the TASTE Podcast, we talk to chef, writer, and activist Jenny Dorsey. Jenny has beat Bobby Flay on Beat Bobby Flay and shown the internet how to make Spam-filled wontons, but she’s also the founder of the nonprofit Studio ATAO, which creates educational tools for food publications and organizations to think inclusively and equitably about their work. We talked about how VR goggles can shift the social dynamics at a dinner table, what makes a good neighborhood restaurant, and the astounding amount of research she put into writing the official cookbook for Avatar: The Last Airbender. Buy: Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Official Cookbook Additional Reading: The Virtuous, and Virtual, Activism of Studio ATAO [TASTE]Toolkit for Recognizing, Disrupting, and Preventing Tokenism in Food Media [Studio ATAO]

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  • Episode101
On this episode of the TASTE Podcast, we talk to chef, writer, and activist Jenny Dorsey. Jenny has beat Bobby Flay on Beat Bobby Flay and shown the internet how to make Spam-filled wontons, but she’s also the founder of the nonprofit Studio ATAO, which creates educational tools for food publications and organizations to think inclusively and equitably about their work. We talked about how VR goggles can shift the social dynamics at a dinner table, what makes a good neighborhood restaurant, and the astounding amount of research she put into writing the official cookbook for Avatar: The Last Airbender.Buy: Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Official CookbookAdditional Reading: The Virtuous, and Virtual, Activism of Studio ATAO [TASTE]Toolkit for Recognizing, Disrupting, and Preventing Tokenism in Food Media [Studio ATAO] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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