Kitchen Table Magazine Issue 5: The Roots Issue

After four issues, Kitchen Table Magazine is leveling up—more pages, more stories, and more gorgeous art and photography—with #5: THE ROOTS ISSUE. And dig this groovy cover by the super talented artist and illustrator, Dorothy Siemens!

Inside these pages you’ll find stories, art, and ideas that explore the beautiful, flawed, and interconnected web of our food system, including:

• A Black-owned BBQ enterprise that binds multiple generations
• Reflections on the bittersweet nostalgia of Jell-O salads
• Kitschy vintage cookies and red velvet skull cupcakes
• A Mother’s Day gone awkwardly wrong
• Sauce-makers answer Life's mysterious questions
• A Navajo food podcaster
• Agriculture's modern wave of intrepid and creative female farmers.

KITCHEN TABLE CONNECTS INQUISITIVE COOKS, enthusiastic eaters, and imaginative creators in a fresh and tasty publication that investigates not only the how-tos but the whys of eating. Through a mix of personal storytelling and delectable illustration and photography, our magazine endeavors to be an inclusive celebration of food and community.

WE ARE A VOICE FOR INCLUSIVE FOOD CULTURE, sustainability, our relationship with place, and our ability to be present in a world of digital distraction. Our contributors, our feature subjects, and our readers represent a wide range of age, race, nationality, and genders. Our contributors are overwhelmingly female, by a two-to-one margin, and we actively work with and fully support our BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities.