Books and Bites: What is Queer Food?
A Talk and Tasting with John Birdsall and Elazar Sontag
Kick off Pride Month with two-time James Beard Award–winning author John Birdsall as he celebrates his new book, What is Queer Food? How We Served a Revolution. By interrogating the histories of queer lives, social movements, spaces, and meals, Birdsall, a former chef and celebrated food writer, traces the evolution of queer food over decades and weaves together the story of how—through times of fear and persecution—queer people used food to express joy and build community.
In conversation with Birdsall is Elazar Sontag, the James Beard Award–nominated journalist and restaurant editor at Bon Appétit. Join them for an evening of tasting, sipping, celebrating resilience, and discovering how food has become a crucial language of queer identity.