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Jack Monroe (born 1988) is a writer, journalist and campaigner on poverty issues (particularly on hunger relief) from Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom. Monroe has become famous for "austerity recipes" and political activism. == Career == Monroe left a job at the fire service in 2011 after being unable to negotiate flexible working with regard to childcare. Monroe started blogging at ''A Girl Called Jack'', sharing the cheap recipes created as a single parent with a young son, Johnny, and aiming to provide family meals for less than £10 per week. Monroe's "austerity recipes" blog was featured heavily in the media. In October 2015 the blog was renamed to ''Jack at a Pinch''. In 2012 Monroe became a weekly columnist for ''The Echo'',〔 (Part 1 ), (Part 2 ).〕 and was later retained as an unpaid columnist for ''The Huffington Post'', before signing a publishing deal with Penguin Group. Monroe formerly wrote a twice monthly food and recipe column for ''The Guardian'' and additionally contributed a number of political columns, as well as being featured in ''The New York Times'' and ''The New Yorker'' magazine. Monroe has written several budget cooking recipe books.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.theguardian.com/profile/jack-monroe )〕 Monroe appeared on BBC television's late night political programme ''This Week'' in June 2015. Speaking in 2015, Monroe described their life as having "changed beyond recognition", but said that they are still affected by their experience of poverty.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Monroe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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