<em>The New York Tim</em> wh the help of Barney's creative ambassador Simon Doonan has cid this week that your food n be gay or straight.
Contents:
- HOW GAY IS YOUR FOOD?
- P&G RTRANT GROUP 340 E GAY ST
- A SOUP THAT ROXANE GAY ACTUALLY ENJOYS
- COOKG CLASS | ROXANE GAY’S TOMATO SOUP & GRILLED CHEE
- WHAT IS ORIG OF THE PHRASE "AS GAY AS CHEE"?
HOW GAY IS YOUR FOOD?
* gay cheese sandwich *
The New York Tim wh the help of Barney's creative ambassador Simon Doonan has cid this week that your food n be gay or article is om the archive of our partner New York Tim wh the help of Barney's creative ambassador Simon Doonan has cid this week that your food n be gay or straight. Apparently, a "gay" food isn't jt a potato that seeks marriage equaly, remds you was born this way, or owns a summer share on Fire Island. Acrdg to Doonan, his new (satiril) book Gay Men Don't Get Fat and his terview wh The Tim today, gay food is lighter, brighter, more artistic, art-directed--food that you'd fd where health and athetics tersect (and that's very different than what Doonan labels "lbian food"--"Organic olive oil, thick porridge, heapg helpgs of wheat germ, " and s ilk).
P&G RTRANT GROUP 340 E GAY ST
Orr Chicken Capre Sandwich onle om 340 E Gay St. Frh backed chicken served on a ciabatta roll wh spach and basil pto, h mozzarella chee, tomato and h basil. Topped wh a balsamic vegar glaze. * gay cheese sandwich *
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A SOUP THAT ROXANE GAY ACTUALLY ENJOYS
The Outlier: Spicy Mayo Anythg Rolls; Supermarket Shi; Any roll wh more than three gredients or one ied object What is: Marons What Doonan Says: "The maron craze is the ne pl ultra of gay foorie. " What Ksey Says: The Ksey 5 is "predomantly homosexual, only cintally heterosexual" What We Say: Though they look like lorful cheeburgers, y, all tak is an "cintal" n- wh Cool Whip to that gay credibily. " What Ksey Says: The Ksey 4 is "predomantly homosexual, but more than cintally heterosexual" What We Say: Clearly this isn't the first pairg between the black bean soup and the sour-cream pairg.
COOKG CLASS | ROXANE GAY’S TOMATO SOUP & GRILLED CHEE
" What Ksey Says: The Ksey 3 is "equally heterosexual and homosexual" or more simply, bisexual. What We Say: Dpe s fat ntent, Doonan mentns that Caar salad and certa pi may tilt more gay than you'd thk. There are novelty mach ma pecially for pani-makg and grillg and certaly has more flair than a ham and chee on wheat bread--Doonan refers to wheat bread as "ferocly lbian and wildly heterosexual"--but all the hidn meats and chee certaly make this food an equal straddler of gay-straight le.
WHAT IS ORIG OF THE PHRASE "AS GAY AS CHEE"?
" What Ksey Says: The Ksey 2 is "predomantly heterosexual, but more than cintally homosexual" What We Say: The Tim wrer nces that although the meatloaf is unrelentgly heterosexual, non-potato-based sis like a salad substute n go a long way temperg the Burt Reynolds-ns of this dish.