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Lucky Peach, Issue 6 by Unknown
Lucky Peach #6 , the APOCALYPSE issue, considers our imminent End Times. The issue’s split into two pre-and post-apocalypse. MICHAEL POLLAN talks problems (mostly self-inflicted) and solutions ( it involves cooking). We spend a day with BREN SMITH of Thimble Island Oysters, a sustainable 3D ocean farm. We offer tips on how to stock your bomb shelter and the low-down on MREs. Part two fast forwards to the End overfished oceans, zombie takeovers, and werebeavers. MAGNUS NILSSON fashions a frankenchicken in 2034; TED NUGENT schools us on how to survive (eat your pets, use your weapons); TARTINE’s CHAD ROBERTSON shows us how to bake bread in a postapocalyptic “oven.” You’ll learn how to make butter (start with a cow) and harvest honey (be careful!). what’s your sign Sustainability horo-scopes show what’s in store.
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First published February 12, 2013
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September 27, 2013
What an interesting issue! Boldly blending terrifying pre-apocalyptic fact-- dwindling oceans, soil erosion and limited agricultural resources, the slow disappearance of whole species of plant and animal life-- with a whimsical array of post-apocalyptic fiction, both projected and purely imagined, the reader is taken from the present into the potential future and the struggles that await us there.
Michael Pollan's opening piece, a frank discussion of sustainability that hit me right in the gut, was an important piece of journalism that reminded me I need to read his books. Sustainability is the proverbial axe we hold over our own heads that finally made me drop meat from my diet a year ago, and I was thrilled to see so much of the volume devoted to alternatives: a number of pieces on canning, jarring, pickling, and otherwise preserving food; pieces on self-sufficient gardening and seed breeding; articles on sustainable ocean-farming as a contrast to large-scale fishing and trawling; elaborate sets of instructions for baking bread, making butter, and procuring salt in a world without our current modern comforts and shortcuts; and a very interesting piece on collecting wild honey.... all alongside the relevant recipes, of course.
The thing that I so love about Lucky Peach is the barrier-free access to minds and hands that have tried and failed and can tell you what they've learned, can show you: yes, you can do this yourself. You can make this dish. You can perform this culinary technique. Here's how. And this issue really hit that note hard, for obvious reasons.
I want to make my own jams. I want to get the courage to someday find a wild beehive and make my own honey. And I probably will.
The fictional piece by Bill Cotter, moreover, was phenomenal. Better than LP fiction usually is. Total shivers. No spoilers. Just read it.
Michael Pollan's opening piece, a frank discussion of sustainability that hit me right in the gut, was an important piece of journalism that reminded me I need to read his books. Sustainability is the proverbial axe we hold over our own heads that finally made me drop meat from my diet a year ago, and I was thrilled to see so much of the volume devoted to alternatives: a number of pieces on canning, jarring, pickling, and otherwise preserving food; pieces on self-sufficient gardening and seed breeding; articles on sustainable ocean-farming as a contrast to large-scale fishing and trawling; elaborate sets of instructions for baking bread, making butter, and procuring salt in a world without our current modern comforts and shortcuts; and a very interesting piece on collecting wild honey.... all alongside the relevant recipes, of course.
The thing that I so love about Lucky Peach is the barrier-free access to minds and hands that have tried and failed and can tell you what they've learned, can show you: yes, you can do this yourself. You can make this dish. You can perform this culinary technique. Here's how. And this issue really hit that note hard, for obvious reasons.
I want to make my own jams. I want to get the courage to someday find a wild beehive and make my own honey. And I probably will.
The fictional piece by Bill Cotter, moreover, was phenomenal. Better than LP fiction usually is. Total shivers. No spoilers. Just read it.
July 19, 2013
Lucky Peach is always a good read! I learn so much about food every time I open an issue.
One of my favorite articles in The Apocalypse issue was the one on foraging. The magazine sent ignorant people into nature in various regions across the county and had them compile the plants they thought would be edible. Then a professional took a look at their spread and pointed out which items were actually edible, and which were toxic and/or extremely poisonous. It's surprising how many plants AREN'T edible. I don't think most city-dwellers (myself included) would last long in case of a real apocalypse.
One of my favorite articles in The Apocalypse issue was the one on foraging. The magazine sent ignorant people into nature in various regions across the county and had them compile the plants they thought would be edible. Then a professional took a look at their spread and pointed out which items were actually edible, and which were toxic and/or extremely poisonous. It's surprising how many plants AREN'T edible. I don't think most city-dwellers (myself included) would last long in case of a real apocalypse.
June 11, 2014
The Winter 2013 issue of "Lucky Peach" features recipes and food writing for the Apocalypse (both before and after) in whatever form that may take - climate change, the rapture, nuclear holocaust, zombie invasion, wererabbits... Great articles on sustainable agriculture and food preservation, as well as recipes for zombies (all dishes involve brains) and tips on cooking jellyfish. As always, a fun and compelling read from cover to cover.
April 15, 2013
Issue 6 of Lucky Peach brings forth the apocalypse and then provides important post-apocalyptic survival tips. This volume is as relevant today as it will be when you are on the run from were-beavers and applying for that coveted job as the Salt Lord's personal chef.
Favorite recipe note: "For God's sake, soak salted jellyfish as many times as you can."
Favorite recipe note: "For God's sake, soak salted jellyfish as many times as you can."
April 30, 2013
Vol #6 focuses on the coming apocalypse. The first half details preparing for it and the final half centers on how to live through it well fed and content. While this volume is fairly meaty in terms of functional articles and recipes the toned down snark and mischief makes this volume slightly less entertaining than previous issues.
March 21, 2013
An issue dedicated to the survivalist! This is not your grandmother's pioneer cookbook. Yes, they mention solar ovens and the like, but have you wondered how a can of beans would taste decades past its date? Oh, and there are recipes for zombies too. Delicious.
December 4, 2013
I very much enjoyed the tales of the future end of the world and how to prepare for it. There were even recipes for zombie food snobs!
June 1, 2013
I was in awe of the first edition of LP (ramen). Subsequent issues were great but not on a par with the first... until the Apocalypse issue. Blew me away again.
April 11, 2014
Apocalypse Issue. Fun read but not so much a good food issue. Liked seeing Wylie Dufresne making fun of himself but there was a little fluff.
August 12, 2014
Darkly delightful!
August 19, 2015
I love a,l things apocalyptic, and this did not disappoint. Funny, grim, thought provoking -- a great mix of materials.
April 15, 2013
As usual, a few pieces really miss. Thanks for the jellyfish recipes?
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June 3, 2013I didn't love this one as much as I have loved some of the others. Liked it. But not love.
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