Adam Roberts, The Amateur Gourmet, asked us recently on Serious Eats, “Does cooking make you gay?”
The following is an excerpt from his article:
No one cooked in my family, and the oldest son wasn’t going to be the one to lead the revolution. It took distance and college and time before I could brave my way into the kitchen. Is it a coincidence that my coming out of the closet junior year coincided perfectly with my coming out as a cook? The two events, while seemingly unrelated, certainly fed into each other. As a gay man, I didn’t have to operate within the confines of my gender. My unwillingness to play football at Thanksgiving was now acceptable and so was my newfound enthusiasm for artisanal cheese, cold-pressed olive oil, and Niçoise olives.
Is an interest in cooking a reliable indicator of which side of the road a man prefers to drive? Of course we know that cooking is absolutely not a skill reserved for men who idolize Mariah Carey and grocery shop with a teacup Schnauzer wearing a pink Juice Couture dog sweater riding along in their cart. BUT...
…can you determine a man’s sexuality by peering into his kitchen?
*Sorry about the crappy video. The sound is out of sync but you'll be able to follow along.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
IS YOUR KITCHEN IN THE CLOSET?
Posted by Acme Instant Food at 8:34 PM
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It's an interesting hypothesis. I tell you what, let's go and ask Gordon Ramsay whether cooking makes you gay. You go first, I'll be along in a minute or two.
Hmm, those bananas are quite suggestive.... but really, the cookbook shelf tells the whole story.
You crack me up! I was on the fence until the poster.
Trig--Yellow is not a good color on you.
S'kat--But...but...there is no MARTHA!!! I swear!!!
Moon--It's funny, but I never really looked at that poster as being gay until I did this posting. I just thought it was "French."
I'd rather be yellow than black and blue.
I am so totally in love with your kitchen. That is a lot of fiesta ware though. Nice Le Creuset -- I'd leave it out where it is.
First and foremost - if you can't find a home for the Le Creuset, I can definitely take it off your hands and give it a loving home in NE Ohio.
And since your kitchen was missing the Easy Bake Oven, I can definitely say without a doubt that you are not gay. I'm sorry to have to be the one to break the news. Forgive me.
That is SO GAY.
Can I move in? I'm little!
Christine--the French Oven is big and my storage space is lacking. I just need to do a little re-arranging.
Lis--Ed is going to really be really upset when he hears this news! Yeouch!
KT--Yes, you may. You can bring your wine books and we'll make Play Doh Fun Factory pasta!
I don't know if your kitchen is gay, but it's really really nice. Like if my kitchen walked into a gay bar and saw your kitchen it'd be really really intimidated. It'd go cower in a corner and sip its Whiskey Sour. Ya, my kitchen is SUPER gay.
Everytime I try to watch the movie I get interrupted, so I'm not able to see the conclusion.
Can you just tell me how it ends?
Does it make you gay?
All I can is say is this: I don't care if you're gay or straight. You can cook. And you have a kickass kitchen. Those combined make me want to move right in with you.
Or hire your decorator.
You know, Kev dear, the true test would be to see if you can make a different kitchen gay...like mine? Can we arrange a brief switch? But really, gorgeous place, I'm quite impressed. And who am I kidding, I don't want to trade kitchens, I'd rather cook with you!
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