Shifting the Food Narrative

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Anthony Bourdain and Queer Shame
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Mar 9, 2022 • 
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Anthony Bourdain and Queer Shame
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Pinkwashing Julia Child
The Cruelty of the HBO Max Series’ James Beard Episode
May 9, 2022 • 
John Birdsall
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Jeff Smith and the "Failure of Homosexuality"
The Frugal Gourmet was a bad, bad gay.
Feb 28 • 
John Birdsall
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Jeff Smith and the "Failure of Homosexuality"
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Elizabeth David Made Me Gay
A cuisine of sensory arousal was the taste of my liberation.
Oct 13, 2023 • 
John Birdsall
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Elizabeth David Made Me Gay
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What I Took or Did Not Take to the Potluck
Of AIDS and forgetting: A survivor's apology
Dec 20, 2024 • 
John Birdsall
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What I Took or Did Not Take to the Potluck
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The Best Book on Food I Read This Year
Kim Foster’s The Meth Lunches is beautiful, harsh, and unforgettable.
Dec 31, 2023 • 
John Birdsall
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The Best Book on Food I Read This Year
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Eggs and Rice, No Champagne
A gay Valentine's story.
Feb 14 • 
John Birdsall
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Re: Person I Knew
How Steve Silberman made me believe in cookbooks.
Sep 5, 2024 • 
John Birdsall
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Re: Person I Knew
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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 • 
John Birdsall
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Anita Bryant and the Orange Juice Boycott That Changed America
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Writing a Book on Queer Food Has Freed Me to Cook Again
On finding peace with past lives—including my own.
Jan 16, 2024 • 
John Birdsall
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Writing a Book on Queer Food Has Freed Me to Cook Again
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Richard Sax and the Silence of AIDS
The pandemic the food world has never fully acknowledged.
Apr 30, 2023 • 
John Birdsall
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Richard Sax and the Silence of AIDS
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WHO’S AFRAID OF ALICE TOKLAS?
Why I wrote the book that I did.
May 28 • 
John Birdsall
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