Julia Turshen's newest book, "Feed the Resistance," was written as her awareness of political involvement grew after the 2016 election. The book is a collection of recipes designed to feed and nourish "folks who are too busy resisting to cook," interspersed with essays about community involvement, activism and food-related issues.
Turshen, a renowned author of many cookbooks, including 2016's "Small Victories," tapped community organizers, food writers and activists for their recipes and stories about getting involved in local causes.
Chicago author and baker Jocelyn Delk Adams (author of "Grandbaby Cakes") contributed her recipe for spiced brown sugar pound cake with rum molasses glaze.
"In my family, we make pound cakes for celebrations and life's most unsettling times," she writes. "It is our way of coping and evoking comfort when our spirits most need it."
A dense cake with chest-warming flavors of nutmeg, ginger, cloves and rum, this treat can do double duty as breakfast or post-marching pick-me-up. Think of it as self-care, in cake form.
