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Justin Burke
@justintsburke.bsky.social
Pastry Chef | Food Writer | 🌈
Debut cookbook "Potluck Desserts" NOW AVAILABLE! (Countryman Press) http://tastethisnewsletter.substack.com/
Thank you! I'm so glad you're enjoying it 💜
Just started reading Potluck Desserts by @justintsburke.bsky.social and I'm loving two specific aspects - that it focuses on queer found/chosen family, and that many of the recipes are from-scratch versions of the nostalgic box-mix desserts - which is so helpful for my food sensitivities.
July 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New Taste This just dropped, and this one’s got a recipe. Quick note: recipes in the newsletter come first. No backstory, no scroll marathon—just straight to the food. Then we chat, like I just handed you a slice and we’re hanging in the kitchen. 🍰

The link’s up in the bio.

#queerfood #queerjoy
February 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
First official post for Taste This is live! I'm laying it all out, honest about the point of this newsletter and where I fit within the food space and queer activism.
Feeding the Fight
Resistance starts in the spaces we create together.
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February 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It's ooey, it's gooey, it's Butterscotch Trifle from Chapter 5 Potluck Desserts.

Preorder and then recipe is yours
wwnorton.com/books/978168...

Photographer: @bsamuels.bsky.social
Stylist: @catrinekelty.bsky.social

#ooeygooey #butterscotch #trifle
February 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It was such an honor to have Paola read a preview of Potluck Desserts and receive such a touching review and endorsement.

Thank you, @smallorchids.com for the sweetest words and heartfelt allyship to the Queer and Trans community!

Preorder Now wwnorton.com/books/978168...
February 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"Potluck Desserts" is available for preorder!

I wrote this book for my Queer, Trans, and Ally community—for those of us who have found home and chosen family around a table, in a kitchen, in a plate of something made with love, and for those still rewriting their narrative.

Link in bio
February 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Queers and Allies, I'm doing this!

I've started a queer-centered food newsletter. We need more safe spaces to gather around food, tell our stories, and be. No gatekeeper. No noise. Just us.

Subscription is free—because this space belongs to all of us. Pls share

tastethisnewsletter.substack.com
Taste This | Justin Burke | Substack
A safe space for the queer and ally community to cook & share. Click to read Taste This, by Justin Burke, a Substack publication.
tastethisnewsletter.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
How is it still January?!
January 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
tis' snow! in the South
January 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I'm going to give this platform a chance. If you love baking, support queer writers, and want to be in the know for my debut cookbook in 2025 then follow along. Only good humans here, please 💜🌈
January 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm here, hi!
November 16, 2024 at 2:05 PM