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The queering of a sandwich.
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Village of Desire
The stickiness of a Christmas theme park in California.
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Elizabeth David Made Me Gay
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20th-Century Queer and Queer(-ish) Cookbooks
Part Two: After Stonewall, 1970-2000
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WHO’S AFRAID OF ALICE TOKLAS?
Why I wrote the book that I did.
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Jeff Smith and the "Failure of Homosexuality"
The Frugal Gourmet was a bad, bad gay.
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Eggs and Rice, No Champagne
A gay Valentine's story.
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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.
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