mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06James Beard Award winning writer. Food type person. Author, ALL OVER THE PLACE (Public Affairs, 2017) and the upcoming IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT (Crown/Penguin, 2024). She/her.
Mouth: *says something stupid*
Me: Oh god.
Brain: I have a solution.
Me: Yeah?
Brain: We're going to say more things.
Me: Smarter things?
Brain: No. Just more of the same.
Mouth: Sounds good.
Me: wait what
Mouth: *SAYS MORE STUPID THINGS VERY QUICKLY*
IT IS MY MASTODONAVERSARY!!!! I've been on this platform for a whole year!
Friends, after a wild weekend (where an NYT reviewer criticized my book because she said my reasons for not having children weren't good enough), my book is finally out into the world. I'm so excited to share it. <3 <3
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720922/if-you-cant-take-the-heat-by-geraldine-deruiter/
This is straight up bonkers, because I've been heads-down working on it for the last TWO YEARS but my new book - about food, feminism, and my love of Red Lobster cheesy biscuits is out in less than a week. (AUGGGHHHH).
Want to pre-order a signed copy? I got you:
https://booklarder.com/products/if-you-cant-take-the-heat-tales-of-food-feminism-and-fury
HELLO, DO YOU LIKE BOOKS?
DO YOU LIKE FEMINISM?
DO YOU LIKE FREE THINGS?
Well, today is your lucky day! Goodreads is giving away 25 advance copies of my new book! Enter to win - hurry, the contest ends this week!
Today is the LAST DAY that you can enter to win a free copy of my book via Goodreads!!! It's so easy you just click an imaginary Internet button.
If you like feminism and food and terrible jokes but insightful writing, this book is for you.
@seattlefoodgeek@mastodon.social this is lovely. Thank you. Two questions:
Did it take long to make?
On a scale of one to ten, how high were you?