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- John Birdsall is a James Beard Award-winning writer based in Oakland, California. He's co-author of the cookbook Hawker Fare and author of the James Beard biography The Man Who Ate Too Much.
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Queers of my generation learned what it meant to be gay in bars. We inherited a culture of resistance from those who started a revolution on the streets outside one, by lesbians and faggots; queens, hustlers, and fairies; street kids and the gender nonconforming—people who knew what it was to be bullied and betrayed.
John Birdsall. Writer on food and queerness, winner of awards. Author of the forthcoming WHAT IS QUEER FOOD? (Norton), as well as THE MAN WHO ATE TOO MUCH: The Life of James Beard (Norton, 2020).
- 'I Wanted to Look at This Lingering Stigma of Being Queer in The Kitchen'
- 'There's A Sort of Reckoning Happening with The Culture of Food'
- 'The Whole Biography Is Based on The Sense of Speaking Out'
- Event: 'In The Kitchen Closet'
Question:Why did you want to pursue this biography of James Beard? What part of Beard’s story did you relate to? Answer:In the late 1960s I lived in a suburb outside San Francisco where my parents became close to a gay couple that lived nearby, Pat and Lou. I could tell from my parents’ conversations, not a lot of people around us accepted them. Wh...
Q:For chefs and restaurateurs with a public platform, what kind of responsibility do they have to speak up on homophobia and discrimination in restaurants? A: Absolutely there’s a responsibility. The sort of reckoning for gender and racial equality, and just representation in the industry, that feels more urgent to me now. In queer culture generall...
Q: Being a food personality himself, what would Beard think of the rise of the "rock star" and celebrity chefs? Many high-profile chefs have been scrutinizedin recent years. A: I believe it was Ruth Reichl who coined the term “rock star chef.” There were these road trips with big-name, splashy fundraisers that would invite chefs from around the cou...
When:May 5, 2021 from 10:00–11:15 a.m. Where:Virtual Cost:Free, but donations accepted to support Southern Arizona Senior Pride Details:Ted Allen, host of Food Network's "Chopped," chats with award-winning food writer John Birdsall about the secret gay life of James Beard. Allen was the food and wine connoisseur on the Bravo's original reality TV s...
- Priscilla Totiyapungprasert
- Food & Dining Reporter
Oct 6, 2020 · In the first biography of Beard in twenty-five years, acclaimed writer John Birdsall argues that Beard’s struggles as a closeted gay man directly influenced his creation of an American cuisine.
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Oct 6, 2020 · John Birdsall is a two-time James Beard Award–winning author, a former food critic, and longtime restaurant cook. He is the coauthor of a cookbook, Hawker Fare, with James Syhabout. He lives in...
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- W. W. Norton & Company, 2020
- 0393635724, 9780393635720
John Birdsall is a James Beard Award-winning writer based in Oakland, California. He's co-author of the cookbook Hawker Fare and author of the James Beard biography The Man Who Ate Too Much.
John Birdsall is the author of The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard and is the recipient of two James Beard Awards for food and culture writing. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
