To that cluster she added cherry tomatoes, basil, scallions, olive oil: a bowl full of summer.Īt the time, Gay was writing her new book, “Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body.” The “zoodles,” their creation and consumption, were part of her determined effort at self-care. It was a swirling green and white nest of health, curled by the blades of her trendy new kitchen tool. A couple of years ago, during the height of the Spiralizer gadget craze, Roxane Gay posted a picture on Tumblr of a cyclone of zucchini strips she’d just rendered.
