Jeffrey Steingarten is straight. Sorry to disappoint you.
A Google search that often brings readers to my blog is the following three words: Jeffrey Steingarten gay. Apparently this is a pressing question for a lot of people: is food writer Jeffrey Steingarten homosexual?
I think I can guess why people would wonder. His rapier wit is reminiscent of Waldo Lydecker, Clifton Webb as the obviously gay (regardless of his obsession with Gene Tierney) cavilling theatre critic in Laura. Steingarten is married (not that that proves anything), and, yes, straight. I don't know whether I'm disappointing the curious ones, but I do know how they got to Word of Mouth in the first place. In my piece "I Love Jeffrey Steingarten" (the chaste love of one writer for another's style, I assure you) I mentioned a young writer who appeared on a panel with Steingarten and seemed to have nothing to contribute to the conversation other than the fact that he was gay (this apropos of an out-of-the-blue discourse on the semiotics of pocket squares, which was well beyond my comprehension). So in my blog post about the event, "Jeffrey Steingarten" and "gay" appeared in proximity to each other, giving me Google primacy for this particular search.If you don't believe me that Steingarten is straight, here's an excerpt from Serious Eats:
"But it’s hard to ignore the dearth of openly gay male chefs working in restaurants today. Of all the famous chefs launched by the Food Network and Bravo, how many are openly gay men? I can name one: Ted Allen. But he’s not a restaurant chef, he’s a home chef. And you can see his confidence flounder when placed alongside a straight bulldog like Jeffrey Steingarten at the Iron Chef’s judging table. Steingarten (not a chef, but a distinguished food writer) wipes the floor with him every time, and Ted Allen’s credibility is immediately called into question. Who is this guy? What’s his pedigree? He was on Queer Eye and he has a cookbook. Big whoop."
So not only is Steingarten straight, he's a straight bulldog, one who has turned a multitude of bites into a formidable bark.
posted by Peter Cherches at 10:00 AM
8 Comments:
This will only get you more searches.
I hate to say that I, too, fell victim to the stereotypes, but after seeing the Le Cirque documentary, I assumed that Steingarten was gay. Why? Because in the very short scene in which he appeared, he was accompanied by a male friend. Is this stupid or what? I have male friends...I'm not gay. I've got some growing up to do.
When Bob Tuschman said he fell in love with Paula Dean's wonderful personality when she was a contestant on an early show I couldn't help but think he must be in charge of hiring all the talent for the Food Network (i.e. non-threatening motherly women and “cute boys” with no edge or personality). Steingarten certainly isn't cute, but he does have the lisp.
He is openly honest and not an asskisser. I value his judgement when on Iron Chef and am disgusted by a pompus ass Ted Allen. Allen has no talent. The only reason he's on is because of his open gayness. Why doesn't Mario Batali come out of the closet. It's very evident he is gay. I don't care if he is, he has talent. Jeffery isn't afraid to say what he thinks and doesn't care about being on the A list. That's why he is good.
What a shame about Jeffrey Steingarten--he's very handsome! As for Mario Batali being gay--no offense, but I sure hope not!
Jeffrey, u can be so picky at times. You don't want to agree with the other judges and it's like u have to find fault no matter what, get over it, just judge the taste, that's what u get paid for. So what if the meal was a little cold? It's no reason to pick on chef mason. Get over yourself u r not all that ok. And if u keep eating bone marrow and not moving u know what's going to happen to u. At least a lot of chef will aplaud ur last performance. Try being nice .
Next time maybe u can challenge chef batali to use Top round Steak, let's see how challenging that can be on iron chef , I would love to see what they can come up with, I think this is one show that u might enjoy
Why r u tellng me jeffrey is straight I never said anything otherwise unless he has that as a generic reply incase be has been getting postings saying otherwhse I never suggested, but now that u brought it up, sure he sounds like he could be.
Jeffrey straight ? Of course he is, just like a boomerang
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