The inspiration to create a feminist cookbook came to Meghan while she was fast asleep one night in the winter of 2018. Upon waking, Meghan couldn’t shake the late-night burst of motivation: write a book that would empower modern feminist women to reclaim their heavily stigmatized love for community, cooking, baking, and culinary creativity.

Writing a cookbook on her own wasn’t a one-woman job, so Meghan shared her vision with two close friends, Kayla and Leighann. Together, the three women created a no-holds-barred project plan to bring the idea of a full-length cookbook to life. Armed with spatulas, an assortment of frying pans and matching FEMINIST aprons, the three women are now embarking on a year-long journey to discover what it means to be a modern millennial working woman proudly bearing the ‘feminist’ label, while also whole-heartedly embracing the dichotomy of womanhood that has been rejected or stigmatized as “lesser than”: an unapologetically badass female advocate who also loves to clock long hours crafting delicious dishes in the kitchen.

Together, Leighann, Kayla and Meghan are paying homage to a host of powerful historic feminist figures by repurposing and interpreting well-known (and lesser-known) recipes that have been enjoyed and prepared by famous feminist activists across the centuries. Their year-long journey will be documented on various social media channels and culminate in the publication of their book, Recipes to Take Down the Patriarchy, a full-length color cookbook chronicling famous recipes new and old, all centered around the stories, biographies and victories of history’s most audacious female feminists.