I'm not a fan of (most) celebrity chefs or what they produce - and I am generally also not a fan of their shows, books, restaurants or foods. It's sort of become hard to avoid them these days, and it's most refreshing when you find something new in the realm of food publications which isn't generic and dumbed-down.
Lucky Peach is a quarterly publication put out by McSweeney's Publishing in San Francisco. It's a bizarre compilation of recipes, essays, interviews and biographical commentary, put together by various authors, chefs, cooks and illustrators. The end result is roughly 200 pages of highly entertaining content, which is amusing and inspired. Subscribe at store.mcsweeneys.net.
