How gentrification uproots the urban food landscape and what activists are doing to resist itFrom hipster coffee shops to upscale restaurants a bustling local food scene is perhaps the most commonly recognized harbinger of gentrification. A Recipe for Gentrification explores this widespread phenomenon showing the ways in which food and gentrification are deeplyand at times controversiallyintertwined. Contributors provide an inside look at gentrification in different cities from major hubs like New York and Los Angeles to smaller cities like Cleveland and Durham. They examine a wide range of food enterprisesincluding grocery stores restaurants community gardens and farmers marketsto provide uptodate perspectives on why gentrification takes place and how communities use food to push back against displacement. Ultimately they unpack the consequences for vulnerable people and neighborhoods. A Recipe for Gentrification highlights how the everyday practices of growing purchasing and eating food reflect the rapidand contentiouschanges taking place in American cities in the twentyfirst century.