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Queers at the Table
An anthology of essays, comics, and recipes that reveals the dynamic and transformative relationship between queerness and food
Food has long played an important role in queer culture. Lesbian- and queer women-run feminist restaurants, cafes, and coffeehouses have been safe spaces for queer and trans folk where gender norms can be challenged and where female authority is legitimized. During the AIDS epidemic, gay men and their allies centred food as an expression of collective care for those who needed it most. And queer and trans folk have asserted themselves in a restaurant culture largely controlled by white cisgender men.
Queers at the Table celebrates the various intersections between queers and food. In its essays, comics, and recipes, the book shows how this shared culture fosters connections, defies norms, honours legacies, and creates community. Taylor Hartson and Tristian Lee write about a queer farming community in which queerness is part of a broad network of living things to be enjoyed and shared; Danielle Kydd writes about food security issues as faced by LGBTQ2S+ folk; and Blue Delliquanti’s comic on urban foraging in Minneapolis demonstrates the role of a queer friend group in a local ecosystem.
In full colour throughout, Queers at the Table is a diverse and enriching anthology that reveals the myriad nurturing ways that queerness informs food production and restaurant culture and how food empowers, transforms, and unites queer and trans folk.
Queers at the Tableis a stunning interdisciplinary ode to the possibilities food holds for community creation and selfdefinition It is the kind of anthology that will be passed around taught and referenced for years thanks to its inventiveness breadth and evergreen storytelling Alicia Kennedy food and culture writer and author ofNo Meat Required
I kept sneaking away from work to read more and more of this book because it kept giving me such hits of pure pleasure What a joy to witness these fascinating artists and writers exploring everything from the nut loaves served at lesbian festivals to how the endless magic of seed saving relates to expansive ideas about gender An invaluable collection Lagusta Yearwood founder of Lagustas Luscious and author ofSweet Salty
Queers at the Tableis a collaborative celebration of queer culinary culture and an evocative collection showcasing richly varied interpretations on the theme Sandor Ellix Katz author ofWild FermentationandThe Art of Fermentation
Whatisqueer food Just like our community it resists definition In this loving thoughtful anthology queer food is educational and erotic It is sweet potato cake bistek with tallarin verde and nutritional yeastdusted popcorn It is a historical absence we honour through our imaginations It is the food we cook to heal ourselves and the food we cook for the people we love Jonathan Kauffman author ofHippie Food
Alex D Ketchum and Megan J Elias have corralled some of our most vibrant voices to deliver a sparkling ode to the queer experience and foods place in itQueers at the Tablewill delight surprise and move you Mayukh Sen author ofTaste Makers
Thinking about queer modes of production cooking and eating encourages us to question established norms and received wisdom about what food is and what it can do to us and for us as individuals and members of society The essays comics and recipes in this collection invite us to explore absences and negative spaces to outline all that may have been hidden or erased fear and resistance chosen families and inclusive communities concealed identities and overt defiance Fabio Parasecoli author ofGastronativisms Food Identity Politicsand professor of Food Studies at NYU
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Dimensions:
232 Pages
9.00in * 7.00in * .60in
550.00gr
Published:
October 07, 2025
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ISBN:
9781834050027
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Language:
eng
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