You know that I am always on the hunt for a good foodie read. Well, I found one:
This was one of my “recommendations” from Amazon. (All of their recommendations for me are foodie books now OR Piggy and Elephant books which I also LOVE.)
I just got my copy, the premier edition, last night.
I LOVE Lucky Peach! The illustrations are awesome and the writing is humorous, in a dark way. Right up my alley.
It was created by David Chang and Peter Mehann. It is a quarterly publication that will focus on a different foodie theme each month. This month: Ramen.
Besides Chang and Mehann, Ruth Reichl is a contributor this quarter as well as Anthony Bourdain. (And, you know how I feel about him!)
I have just started reading about Chang and Mehann’s trek to Japan. I am hooked.
Sorry to gush on and on, but the illustrations are out of this world too.
Ruth Reichl rating ramen? (How is that for alliteration?) For some reason I find this very oxymoronic. I mean, the former editor of Gourmet rating standard ramen noodles?
Check it out. Order it now! I have already pre-ordered Volume II, out in November. (There is also an iPad app.)
I will leave you with a couple outstanding quotes from the first issue:
While Chang and Meehan were traveling in Japan they found “the coffee would’ve pleased Agent Dale Cooper.” (Now that was a blast from the past!)
“There was a period earlier in my career when I thought I was a genius on the basis of really not much.” –Anthony Bourdain from “Mediocrity: a conversation” (There were many more from this article that were quote-worthy, but this is a family friendly blog, at least most of the time.)