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Lucky Peach Issue 2 (2011)

by David Chang(Favorite Author)

4.17 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1936365472 (ISBN13: 9781936365470)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Lucky Peach

review 1: Another wonderful issue full of good food and good ideas from people who really care about good food. I particularly enjoyed the piece on personal and professional peaks and the psychology behind the idea that you will have some point in your life at which you will be better than you will ever be again, and it will end. That was extremely fascinating to me, and Michael Ames wrote it well.As always, David Chang and Peter Meehan are hilarious, and Harold McGee never fails to impress with his biological insight (I'm a scientist. I can't help that it excites me more than poetic descriptions ever could). The article on the insular cortex was equally appealing to me, though it was pretty basic neuroscience for my tastes and it sadly did not teach me anything I didn't already kno... morew-- I don't hold that against the author, as he presents the information well for neuro-noobs. I'm really looking forward to trying out Christina Tosi's recipes, since I love making desserts, but I kind of wish that there were more recipes I *could* try out. Whereas the first issue was packed with accesible ideas, this issue seems to focus on dishes that take professional ingredients, instruments, or techniques; it creates a barrier for entry that I'm not sure I have the confidence to push.Regardless, I enjoyed the issue wholeheartedly. I think I enjoy Lucky Peach more for the thoughtful conversations about food than for the food itself, and this second issue did not fail on that front. Not to mention those amazing fruit stickers.... I foresee some grocery store mischief in my near future.Can't wait for the next one!
review 2: Lucky Peach is two things to me:#1 It's a massively inspirational, informative, enlightening, entertaining look into the world of food and cooking. #2 It's an amazing magazine. It's like if Vice magazine were about food, without all the tits and before Gavin left and it became a shell of itself. Actually, Vice is still pretty good, but Lucky Peach is like old Vice. If you've any interest in modern food and food writing, it's well worth the cover price. Not only that, but it's a beautiful, high quality real paper magazine, one you'll want to keep on your shelf so you can go back and try all the recipes. Simply awesome. less

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