The queer aspect seemed like barely a footnote and largely irrelevant to the primary story of growing up and the cross-cultural dessert of bread pudding that the author told. It's not until the...
The queer aspect seemed like barely a footnote and largely irrelevant to the primary story of growing up and the cross-cultural dessert of bread pudding that the author told. It's not until the fifth paragraph that it's first mentioned, as not a casual conversation topic among friends at gatherings (unsurprising?) where everyone would enjoy the bread pudding. It's not spoken of again until the last paragraph, where he as a single sentence with "[...] the role of queer bakers: we often end up providing comfort to those who may not have given it to us" without having set the reader up with any real examples for context (plus the same description can be equally applied to anyone who bakes or cooks). The two - queerness and baking - may have been more connected in his life, but I didn't get it at all from what was written here.
When thinking about posting this, I wasn't sure whether it should go in ~lgbt, ~food, or somewhere else, but my thought process is that since the main body of the piece is devoted to describing...
When thinking about posting this, I wasn't sure whether it should go in ~lgbt, ~food, or somewhere else, but my thought process is that since the main body of the piece is devoted to describing the food itself (including a specific recipe which sounds absolutely delicious), while the specific emotional connotations are a frame of reference to view it in, it's best suited here. After all, how many online recipes have we all read which include the author's life story as the preamble? Anyway, I thought this was interesting due to the way it defies categorization and how it connects a seemingly simple dessert to both the world at large and the author's very personal life experiences.
The queer aspect seemed like barely a footnote and largely irrelevant to the primary story of growing up and the cross-cultural dessert of bread pudding that the author told. It's not until the fifth paragraph that it's first mentioned, as not a casual conversation topic among friends at gatherings (unsurprising?) where everyone would enjoy the bread pudding. It's not spoken of again until the last paragraph, where he as a single sentence with "[...] the role of queer bakers: we often end up providing comfort to those who may not have given it to us" without having set the reader up with any real examples for context (plus the same description can be equally applied to anyone who bakes or cooks). The two - queerness and baking - may have been more connected in his life, but I didn't get it at all from what was written here.
When thinking about posting this, I wasn't sure whether it should go in ~lgbt, ~food, or somewhere else, but my thought process is that since the main body of the piece is devoted to describing the food itself (including a specific recipe which sounds absolutely delicious), while the specific emotional connotations are a frame of reference to view it in, it's best suited here. After all, how many online recipes have we all read which include the author's life story as the preamble? Anyway, I thought this was interesting due to the way it defies categorization and how it connects a seemingly simple dessert to both the world at large and the author's very personal life experiences.