What Is Queer Food?
Book • 2025
In 'What is Queer Food?
: How We Served a Revolution', John Birdsall examines the multifaceted story of queer individuals leveraging food as a medium for joy and community-building amidst fear and persecution.
The book traces a genealogy of queer freedom through cooking, friends, and a century of cultural evolution.
It delves into the ways queer communities have embraced, subverted, and transformed culinary traditions to proclaim identity and resist erasure.
The narrative explores iconic dishes, spaces, and figures that have shaped queer food culture, from hidden house parties to pioneering restaurants.
Birdsall also addresses the challenges and erasures faced by the queer community, emphasizing the resilience and creativity that have allowed them to thrive.
: How We Served a Revolution', John Birdsall examines the multifaceted story of queer individuals leveraging food as a medium for joy and community-building amidst fear and persecution.
The book traces a genealogy of queer freedom through cooking, friends, and a century of cultural evolution.
It delves into the ways queer communities have embraced, subverted, and transformed culinary traditions to proclaim identity and resist erasure.
The narrative explores iconic dishes, spaces, and figures that have shaped queer food culture, from hidden house parties to pioneering restaurants.
Birdsall also addresses the challenges and erasures faced by the queer community, emphasizing the resilience and creativity that have allowed them to thrive.
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