RaveLos Angeles TimesChapters graft careful reporting with his own running commentary, at turns cheeky and poignant and angered by the tenuous state of gay rights and acceptance ...
What strikes me most about Piepenburg’s frame of reference is how explicitly and organically he twins the subjects of dining and sex ... The approach in Dining Out succeeds in its matter-of-factness ... Of course, the release of...Piepenburg’s book was planned for visibility during Pride month. [Its] merits, individual and collective, make for absorbing, enlightening reading far beyond 30 days of designated LBGTQ recognition.