Shifting the Food Narrative

Village of Desire

The stickiness of a Christmas theme park in California.

Dec 11, 2025 • John Birdsall

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September 2025

20th-Century Queer and Queer(-ish) Cookbooks

Part Two: After Stonewall, 1970-2000

Sep 10, 2025 • John Birdsall

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20th-Century Queer(-ish) Cookbooks

Part One: Before Stonewall, 1941-1969

Sep 3, 2025 • John Birdsall

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May 2025

WHO’S AFRAID OF ALICE TOKLAS?

Why I wrote the book that I did.

May 28, 2025 • John Birdsall

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February 2025

Jeff Smith and the "Failure of Homosexuality"

The Frugal Gourmet was a bad, bad gay.

Feb 28, 2025 • John Birdsall

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Eggs and Rice, No Champagne

A gay Valentine's story.

Feb 14, 2025 • John Birdsall

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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, 2025 • John Birdsall

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December 2024

November 2024

September 2024

Succulence

Toward a queer-food praxis of sensuality.

Sep 17, 2024 • 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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May 2024

Travel Diary: Oklahoma City Bites

Finding fierce Lao food on the chicken-fried prairie.

May 28, 2024 • John Birdsall

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