Krystal Mack, Editor-in-Chief


Published April 2021
11.4 x 15 inches / 289 mm x 380 mm
40 pages, 26 fotos, full color digital

An homage to newsprint and the foodways of Baltimore City, Issue I of palatePALETTE is a celebration of workers and organizers in Baltimore’s food web who are putting in the effort to ensure that Baltimore’s food future is one where all can thrive.

Featuring:

• Mera Kitchen Collective
• Our Time Kitchen
• Black Yield Institute

with contributions from Sydney Allen, Katelyn Brown, Schaun Champion, Matt Freire, Sharea Harris, Cija Jefferson, Erin Nutsugah, and Aileen Son

We love the way Krystal Mack describes her project! Quoted below are her sentiments on what palatePALETTE is and where it came from.

"This is a love letter to my food past, my relationship to Baltimore, and my relationship to an 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 influencer driven, I wanted to create a place for workers and organizers to share their stories and my community helped me do just that."

We are honored to debut the first issue of palatePALETTE. All the love and courageous vibes to every collaborator that had a hand in this.