OP: Lucky Peach Vol 1

Lucky Peach blossomed in 2011, offering from its very first issue a jazzy, irreverent, sharply intelligent take on the contemporary food scene. Fittingly for a magazine published under the auspices of Momofuku's David Chang, its initial issue focused on ramen, with instant ramen taste tests conducted by Ruth Reichl, a homemade ramen noodle recipe, and a profile of Ivan Orkin.

But there are wild diversions: a transcript of an alcohol-fueled discussion between Chang, Anthony Bourdain, and Wylie Dufresne about mediocrity in American kitchens; a hand-written egg recipe by Spanish master chef Juan-Mari Arzak; and a debunking of MSG-syndrome by Harold McGee.

Though out of print for many years now, Lucky Peach has remained impossible to imitate.

Paperback. Color photographs and illustrations throughout. Minor creasing and shelfwear.