The Women Who Have Inspired Our Readers to Cook and Eat with Joy — International Women's Day

Happy International Women's Day! Since 1911, this has been a day to celebrate women and their achievements, and to press for gender parity around the world.

There are so many conversations and stories we could have about women in the kitchen (it's been a place that has both weighed women down and launched them forward).

But for today we kept it simple: We asked our readers to tell us about women who have inspired them to cook and eat with joy. Joy — without fear or shame or the weight of cultural expectations — is a state of freedom. Here are a few inspiring stories from our readers of women who have freed them in the kitchen.

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