Dinner Party Stories: On Food, Friendship, and Finding Your Way

Vibe with these laugh-out-loud and heartful essays about falling in love with the messiness of life and with yourself from a chef and community organizer who’s going through it too

“Well, so, I’m gay.” Chef, writer, and community organizer Garrett Schlichte suspected his mom probably already knew this, but this cannon event—coming out!—was still a really big deal. He grew up in the south, in a bedroom decorated purple and silver, spending most of his time in his mom’s hair salon—he almost ha...