Archive - Shifting the Food Narrative

WHO’S AFRAID OF ALICE TOKLAS?

Why I wrote the book that I did.

May 28 •

February 2025

Jeff Smith and the "Failure of Homosexuality"

The Frugal Gourmet was a bad, bad gay.

Feb 28 •

Eggs and Rice, No Champagne

A gay Valentine's story.

Feb 14 •

January 2025

Anita Bryant and the Orange Juice Boycott That Changed America

How a breakfast table staple sparked a model for protest in queer communities.

Jan 10 •

December 2024

What I Took or Did Not Take to the Potluck

Of AIDS and forgetting: A survivor's apology

Dec 20, 2024 •

November 2024

Of Mussels, Potatoes, and Queer Resistance

Things that grow sweet in the dark.

Nov 13, 2024 •

September 2024

Toward a queer-food praxis of sensuality.

Sep 17, 2024 •

Re: Person I Knew

How Steve Silberman made me believe in cookbooks.

Sep 5, 2024 •

May 2024

Travel Diary: Oklahoma City Bites

Finding fierce Lao food on the chicken-fried prairie.

May 28, 2024 •

Travel Diary: 2 Meals in NYC

Notes from the kiosk.

May 16, 2024 •

January 2024

Writing a Book on Queer Food Has Freed Me to Cook Again

On finding peace with past lives—including my own.

Jan 16, 2024 •

December 2023

The Best Book on Food I Read This Year

Kim Foster’s The Meth Lunches is beautiful, harsh, and unforgettable.

Dec 31, 2023 •

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