Half-baked Harvest blogger story in NYT

[Anonymous]

Is anyone following this story about the author of the super-popular Half Baked Harvest blog, Tieghan Gerard? I use to browse her recipes a while ago but didn’t realize she had become so controversial.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/dining/half-baked-harvest-tieghan-gerard.html

[Anonymous]

Yes! I haven't ever followed her myself, have made a recipe or two that were recommended to me by others. I read the NYT article. I was aware that she had the accusations of disordered eating before this, wasn't aware of the questions about cultural misappropriation.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, I thought the article could have used better editing.

That said, don’t really “follow” her, so zero opinion. But the couple of HBH recipes I’ve tried have been good!

[Anonymous]

I love her recipes but I called this when I got her book, she has this amazing shrimp recipe that is "inspired' by some street in Hawaii that she's never been to! but its yummy and in our regular rotation

[Anonymous]

This wasn't a super in-depth article.

I have come across and used some of her recipes. I follow HBH on Instagram. I find that her site, Julia Turshen, Chrissy Tiegen, and Smitten Kitchen (Deb Perelman) hit all my spots. I like flavorful, veggie-heavy, vinegary, sweet, sour, salty, spicy, creamy foods.

As a DEIB champion I also am sensitive to the criticism. But an interpretation or inspiration of a recipe isn't cultural appropriation. She might want to give everything a non-cultural/ethic name and say it's inspired by such and such dish or such and such cookbook. But Meh.

She seems lonely. I had no idea.

[Anonymous]

My biggest takeaway was that she’s snowboarder Red Gerard’s sister. Had no idea!

[Anonymous]

I tried to read it and I couldn’t figure out what the point was.

[Anonymous]

How much do you think she makes from her enterprise? She seems like an astute businesswoman.

[Anonymous]

I was surprised to hear anyone had anything bad to say about her - but I guess haters gonna hate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My biggest takeaway was that she’s snowboarder Red Gerard’s sister. Had no idea!

I was also surprised to hear that too!

[Anonymous]

I love her.

But just as much has changed. Ms. Gerard, who is white, has long been called out for mispronouncing dishes from other cultures and misidentifying her creations, like calling tacos with pineapple “Hawaiian” and noodles with honey and peanut butter “Chinese.”

[Anonymous]

I made one of her recipes a while ago and it wasn't good.

Didn't know a lot about her until the NYT article but sounds like she has some troubling issues in her personal life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised to hear anyone had anything bad to say about her - but I guess haters gonna hate.

There’s an entire anti-appropriation industrial complex waiting to pounce on anyone they perceive as culturally insensitive.

[Anonymous]

I’ve made a couple of desserts from her instagram page and they weren’t great. I stopped following her because I found the pictures of her disturbing. She says she doesn’t have an eating disorder, and maybe she doesn’t, but at least when I stopped following her she was painfully thin.

[Anonymous]

I think it would be even worse if she didnt reference the cultures she was inspired by- like Alison roman trying to pretend she invented chana masala by calling it her chickpea stew that she just dreamt up out of her head. I still cannot stand Alison roman and refuse to allow her to be rehabilitated. she's the worst kind of culture colonizer but hbh girl isn't that. she's just had no real exposure and I applaud her and her family for building her a life in the the constraints that she has.