My kitchen is hot, sweaty, fast, and slow. What's done there is done out of love - or lust - or long desires - or sudden, passionate cravings . I do it to service others. It can get rough when things aren't oiled up and so smooth when the rhythm is just right. There is pain and risk; big tools and costumes; solo or many partners. There are one night stands and long time favorites. You must sometimes give up control and enjoy the ride. And it feels so good. With all luck, there will be a very happy ending...and a long nap.
My kitchen is a queer kitchen...and not just because I am in it. I cook for, primarily, queer people and I cook food that is intended to create queer family. It's trite to say that food "brings people together" - it has a special power, we all recognize that. I want to talk about my love of cooking and the process of creating food that people like or, hopefully, love.
I suppose this blog will do what many food blogs do - share the recipes (and pictures) of things I'm cooking and eating with my thoughts and edits. In that way, this seems like it is as much an endeavor for my own record keeping, as it is for your enjoyment. I will also chronicle my adventures with growing my own produce and tending my rather large compost pile. I don't really have a "food philosophy," I like good, unpretentious food that tastes good and uses seasonal, preferably local ingredients. I like to know where food comes from and how it was grown As "Snowmageden" begins to fall on my slice of Connecticut, I'm realizing that it may be a good while before I pull anything out of the ground, but I've got seedlings in Burpee trays and baby herb sprouts poking out of the soil.
After googling my title, I discovered there is a restaurant/gay club by the same name in Germany (http://www.queer-kitchen.de/). My German is a little rusty, so I can't read the menu, but the concept in and of itself seems worthy of sharing the title.
I hope you enjoy and that I hear from you often!
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