about palatePALETTE
palatePALETTE is a love letter to my food past, my relationship to my hometown of Baltimore, and the industry that's never really loved me or any of my folks back. What started as an exploration of fried chicken as a comestible symbol of redlining, revisionist history, and food apartheid became a celebration of how my folks have survived and somehow against all odds continue to create and thrive. After seeing too much food media that was PR and social media influencer-driven, I decided to create a newsprint-format zine for workers and organizers to share their stories and my community helped me do just that.
— Krystal C. Mack, Editor