The Lunch Club

Recycling is complicated. And it's not always as green as you would think. Let's get to the bottom of its effectiveness, starting with the issue of contamination.

"Sometimes things don’t have to be so obviously luxurious or beautiful. Things don’t always have to have whistles and bells."

"My cookie touched the same lips that touched John Lennon. That’s cool."

"My mom was like, it doesn’t matter if we can afford it or not, this is a necessity. I didn’t realize that was unique until I went to college and my roommates asked why I buy everything organic. I asked them why they don’t."

"I thought, you know what, I’d like to start writing stories and I’d like to write ones that are reflective of people of color in this space."

"I got tripe. I got tongue. I got all those, what are they called, offal foods? So even though my mom didn’t like to cook, she did expose me to a lot of things. Now I wish my mom was making me food everyday."