My Gender Cookbook, a gender and cooking anthology, seeks submissions of creative nonfiction essays and recipes that explore how gender and sexual identities affect our cooking choices: how we eat, what we eat, and with whom we eat. We are also interested in the effect of socio-economics, ethnicity, politics, personal taste, cooking ability and anything else you may think of. Gender identity, like a good recipe, is a combination of ingredients. In both gender and food preparation, one cannot always be meticulous and one does not always know how it will turn out. How does your gender identity relate to your taste in food? How does your cooking style parallel your gender construction?

Essay submissions will not be considered without a recipe and should be between 500 and 3000 words. Please include a brief bio, email contact info and your essay and recipe as word document attachments. Only previously unpublished materials will be considered.

Submissions will be accepted no later than February 1st 2008. Please send submissions to Nisa Malli and Chiara Klaiman at mygendercookbook@gmail.com