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Many people! Queer Soup Night founder and cookbook author Liz Alpern is leading the charge, supported by a team of (mostly) volunteers who are helping out with everything from gathering and testing recipes to editing, design and marketing. Recipes and essays will be graciously provided by 50+ queer chefs representing our 25+ chapters across the country. 

Want to get involved? Check this doc out for all the info.

Intro us to bookstores! That is the most helpful way you can help us.

Great question! First off, no single person will benefit from the sales proceeds of this book and no literary agent will be compensated for involvement in this book. We will pay a small handful of professionals for their work to acknowledge that participation with this project means they cannot take other work. 

Once we cover the costs associated with making the book and printing our first run (2,700 books), any proceeds will immediately be put toward funding a second print run. Following that printing expense, here’s the exact breakdown of where / how proceeds will be distributed:

• 15% will go to our indie publisher, Combos Press (read more below) to support their work publishing queer, independent creatives! 

• 20% of proceeds will be kept in reserves by Combos Press for any future printing needs

• 65% of proceeds will be distributed to a community organization. Because QSN's commitment has always been to support hyper local initiatives, we are currently seeking a national organization with local chapters (much like QSN) so that donations can be made through a central point and distributed locally. We welcome community input now on this choice! Please email HQ@queersoupnight.com with your ideas for national orgs with local branches.

For complete transparency, we are making the book budget accessible: Please click here to review the budget (Note: this is a live Google doc, so some items may change a bit over time as we finalize exact costs).

The exact size of the print run will depend on the number of pre-sales. We are aiming for 2,700 copies in our first run, which means we will need to sell approximately 1,800 books at full price to cover the costs.

We hope bookstores will purchase the book (get in touch to get on the wholesale list!), but the majority of sales will go through the Combos Press website. We will also be selling books at our book tour events (AKA local chapter QSN events), which we plan to hold from January to May 2027 (and beyond). 

Full retail price is $35/book. There is are limited $25 community-supported cookbooks available, and an option to give more. Your extra support makes this queer indie cookbook possible!

The book will be promoted on the QSN site, through social media, via the chefs’/contributors’ networks, through word of mouth, and, hopefully, in the press. This is a book that will be coming directly from the community, and we hope that many folks far and wide will be happy to join us in promoting it. 

Recipes will be shared with a headnote acknowledging the meaning of the recipe to the QSN chef behind it. Some soups will be photographed. All recipes will be tested and will be aimed at the home cook. 

In addition to the 50 soup recipes, the book will include inspiring and practical content for activists and gatherers of all kinds, including guidance on scaling recipes for community events.

We reached out to chefs and culinary experts who were instrumental in the founding of Queer Soup Night and who cooked at least once (usually more than once) for a QSN event in their local city. We wanted to represent as many of the regional chapters as possible and showcase a mix of queer identities and heritages.

Yes! Check out our confirmed list of contributors (in no particular order!)

Naomi Crawford, Leah Scurto, Edy Massih, Jodi Rae Silberstein, Emmet Moeller, Wendi Hollenbeck-Loyet, Andi Vicente, Dre Rawlings, Chala June, Julia Skinner, Chef Woldy Reyes of In The Kusina, Marijke Uleman, Abi Pfunder, Nettie Colόn, Jasmine Michel, Anthony Hernandez Montalvo, Stephen S. Wade, David Amar, C-Y Chia & Shane Stanbridge, Lion Dance Café, Lukas Volger, Alex Koones, Julia Keister, Hannah Wong, Alison Clem, Jesse Szewczyk, Ora Wise, Chez T+K (Thea Rice + Kaylie Engel), Preeti Mistry, Edea Amin King, Rachel the recipe, Jasmine Sheth, Vanessa Parish, Chris Mauricio, Renae Wilson, Trish Fail, Risa Lichtman, Lagusta Yearwood, Julian Korger, Chef Les Rendon Jackie Saez, Jena, Harris and Katie Briggs, Liz Alpern, Dionne McDonald / Doulas Kitchen, Tu Le, Annie Faye Cheng,Chef Mar SM, Chef Gerald Darling, Jessie Nguyen & Amy Jin, Pruitt Kerdchoochuen, Shelby Farrel, Drive Change, Moonlynn Tsai and Yin Chang of Heart of Dinner, Margo Sivin, Julia Turshen

PS- Wanna help? Check out this doc