Drag Queen Brunch

by Poppy Tooker, Sam Hanna (Illustrator), Vinsantos Defonte (Foreword by), Wayne Phillips (With)

Overview

Poppy Tooker's Drag Queen Brunch features gorgeous photography by renowned photographer Sam Hanna. Luscious photos capture all the dishes (both the ladies and the recipes) in some of New Orleans' most iconic restaurants and courtyards. The inspiring images are accompanied by light-hearted profiles of fifteen flirtatious queens and their favorite flavors--mouth-watering recipes for classic dishes, new favorites, and thirst quenchers--all designed to enhance the brunch experience.

Vinsantos Defonte, a prominent voice in the national LGBTQ community and founder of New Orleans Drag Workshop, provides the foreword. Wayne Phillips, curator of the Costumes and Textiles and the Carnival Collections of the Louisiana State Museum, details the history of drag and this very special community in New Orleans. Tooker, celebrated host of Louisiana Eats!, provides an epilogue illuminating her entrée and ongoing role in the Crescent City's drag queen world.

A percentage of the proceeds from the sale is dedicated to CrescentCare (NO/AIDS Task Force).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781941879276
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	08/27/2019
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	1,033,324
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Author, Poppy Tooker brings a large Louisiana Eats! radio and podcast audience into the mix, with over 250,000 listeners monthly. Over 25,000 people watch Tooker weekly on WYES TVs Steppin Out. Her past cookbooks have won a variety of awards, including Best New Cookbook (Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook, 2007 and Pascals Manale Cookbook, 2018.) Additionally, the Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook won the Eula Mae Dore Tabasco Cookbook Award (2007) and Louisiana Eats! was given the Literary Award of the Year from the Louisiana Library Association (2013).


Originally from London, New Orleans photographer Sam Hanna began his career in Detroit. He specializes in culinary styling and photography from his studio, Hanna Foto.


Vinsantos Defonte is a prominent voice in the national LGBTQ community and founder of New Orleans Drag Workshop.


Wayne Phillips is the curator of the Costumes and Textiles and the Carnival Collections of the Louisiana State Museum and is based in New Orleans. He has an appreciation for the details the history of drag and this very special community in the Crescent City.

Editorial Reviews

This book is a delicious recipe itself! It blends traditional fare from many of the classic restaurants of New Orleans with legendary New Orleans Drag and just enough of a history lesson to leave the reader satisfied and ready for more.—Kyan Douglas, American television personality and star of the original "Queer Eye For the Straight Guy"

What fun! Gorgeous drag and delicious brunch from all the greatest of New Orleans chefs and restaurants. It's a double party in one. I love Poppy Tooker's storytelling of our history and recipes. I can vouch for Milk Punch for breakfast as I've woken up feeling the party from the night before and happily surrendered to starting the day with a happy tipsy grin on my face.—Elizabeth Falkner, Chef/Author/Artist and Food Consultant

Who Else? Where Else? Poppy of course! New Orleans of course! Our favorite New Orleans food authority who 'gets it' and lives it. The real food and the real people right down to the Legs and Eggs and Drag Queens who truly do inspire us. Funny, talented, brave, and bawdy. If this book doesn't make you hungry with laughter there is something wrong with YOU!—Ti Adelaide Martin, Proprietor of Commander's Palace

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