Description
Food in America and Europe has long been shaped, twisted, and upended by queer creatives. Beloved food writer John Birdsall fills the gap between the past and present, channeling the twin forces of criticism and cultural history to propel readers into the kitchens, restaurants, swirling party-houses, and humming interior lives of James Baldwin, Alice B. Toklas, Truman Capote, Esther Eng, and others who left an indelible mark on the culinary world from the margins. Queer food is brunch quiche ? la Craig Claiborne, Richard Olneys ecstatic salade compos?e, and Rainbow Ice-Box Cake from Ernest Matthew Micklers White Trash Cooking. Its the intention surrounding a meal, the circumstances behind it, the people gathered around the table.
With cinematic verve and prose that dazzles, What Is Queer Food? is a monumental work: a testament to foods essential link to a modern queerness that reveals how, like fashion or tastes in music, food has become a language of LGBTQ+ identity.
Author: John Birdsall
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/03/2025
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9781324073796
Language: English
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