Tasty Pride: 75 Recipes and Stories from the Queer Food Community

by Jesse Szewczyk (Editor), Tasty

Be proud, be loud, be flavorful. From the beloved, fiercely inclusive BuzzFeed cooking brand comes 75 innovative recipes and inspiring stories from prominent LGBTQ+ cooks and foodies.

Tasty has always been the place to turn for good eats. Now, it’s also the place to turn for a community. Here, stories of love, pride, and acceptance—and the important role that food can play in that journey—accompany the innovative yet totally doable recipes you know to expect from Tasty.

Compiled by food writer Jesse Szewczyk and contributed by 75 cooks and celebrities from across the queer community such as Ted Allen, Anita Lo, and Rick Martinez, these recipes are not only delicious, but also meaningful. These folks bring you the dishes they love most, from Taco Potatoes with Spicy Ground Turkey to Everything Bagel Beignets, and from Beer-Steamed Crabs with Spicy Vinegar Dipping Sauce and Corn Salad to Fudgy Miso Brownies.

Pull up a chair and take your seat at the table with Tasty Pride.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, LGBT, Cooking, Reference, Food, Queer

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2020

Reviews

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

I low key loved this book. It's basically 200 pages of either gay men talking about how they first ate this recipe off of their boyfriends glistening pectorals and it's just a freaking recipe for party mix or garlic bean dip OR it's lesbians saying they love their wife over and over again and they make this extremely complicated recipe to show thier wife how much they love her (and then they mention how much they love their wife once more just in case).

However there are somehow THREE different recipes for what is essentially grapefruit salad and it just baffled me.

[Online Stig · Rating 5 out of 5]

GÖLL!

[Chelsea Elwood · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very sweet collection of anecdotes and recipes from queer foodies. It functions on the surface as a cookbook, but incidentally gets into what it means to have or make home, family, and community.

[Cynthia Corral · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this for Christmas from my best friend, and we look forward to trying all these delicious recipes! I just finished making a shopping list so I can get started. Overall these dishes are healthy, not too complicated, and include short essays from the cooks who developed them. The book is colorful and the photos look delicious. I am super excited about my new book.

[Kat Gale]

I came for the stories and stayed for the recipes! I do wish that each contributor had been given more space to write about their experiences. I appreciate that the chefs chose recipes that are simple enough for the average person to reproduce; they don't require expensive specialized equipment or a slew of difficult-to-obtain ingredients. My only complaint with the recipes is that almost none of them were free of meat or dairy products, even the "vegetarian" section. Even so, I bookmarked a number of them I am going to use in the future.

[Kathleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

In these book-challenging times, I've been checking out as many LGBTQ+ items as I can locate in my public library. I was thrilled to find this *cookbook*! I've had it out for Pride Month and every recipe tried has been a winner. There's a lot of seafood & we have allergies, so that may dissuade a purchase, but I'll recommend to others.
Pasta Puttanesca
Skillet Choc Chip Cookie - best
Lemon Ricotta Torte
Hoppin' John Salad
Chicken Orzo Soup
Lots of great bios/stories, too.

[Mariah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gifted this to my spouse for pride month & it filled with colorful recipes and the stories are heartwarming. We enjoy going through it for cooking ideas.

[JC Cornell · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some interesting recipes, but only a couple of recipes that I wanted to cook.

[Caroline Berg · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the personal stories that came at the start of every recipe in this book.