Alison Roman on cooking and cancellation
Allison Roman reflects on her career: the good, the bad and the delicious.
Headlines From The Times · Erin B. Logan, Alison Roman, Shannon Lin, Shani Hilton, Gustavo Arellano, Melissa Kaplan, Mario Diaz, Lauren Raab, Denise Guerra
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Show Notes
Alison Roman is a chef, food writer, cookbook author and video maker whose unfussy recipes pack a punch. Those recipes, along with her fun persona, made her a bright spot for many fans especially as the pandemic began taking hold. Then Roman, who is white, lobbed some criticism at celebrities Chrissy Teigen and Marie Kondo — women of color — and controversy engulfed her. Roman was canceled. Or was she? What exactly does being canceled mean, anyway? What can a person learn, and where can they go from there? L.A. Times reporter Erin B. Logan asks Roman these questions. But first: What's Roman making for Thanksgiving, how did she get into the food world, and how does she make simplicity taste so good? (Psst: This is the last episode before The Times' Thanksgiving break. We'll be back Monday!)
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