{"product_id":"op-mouth-wide-open-signed-first-printing","title":"OP: Mouth Wide Open (signed first printing)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNorth Point Press, New York, 2007. Hardcover. Fine. Signed first printing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe last of John Thorne’s books, \u003cem\u003eMouth Wide Open\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), in many ways feels like the proper culmination of his life’s work. It shares hyperfixational tendencies with all his previous material, but here each essay implies a broader, more experienced palate. It seems to invite, in subtext, a thought exercise: “Imagine all the things you will have or could have tasted in your whole life.” What pleasure, excitement, and wonder!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe perfectly and cleverly conveys the life-altering experience of tasting something magnificent and novel for the first time: “a falafel sandwich can provoke a feeling of cognitive dissonance—the gustatory equivalent of being forced, after a lifetime of doing the opposite, to read from right to left.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe recipes reflect Thorne’s uninhibited\u003cem\u003e joie de vivre\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ede manger\u003c\/em\u003e?) of concocting something totally unhinged (cilantro sandwich) out of refrigerator detritus and discovering a totally new and acceptable midnight snack in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur copy is a Fine \u003cstrong\u003efirst printing double signed by John and Matt Lewis Thorne\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/mouth-wide-open\"\u003epaperback\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KNOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42525749248133,"sku":"John Thorne with Matt Lewis Thorne","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/5046\/0549\/files\/mouthwideopen.jpg?v=1794002111","url":"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/op-mouth-wide-open-signed-first-printing","provider":"Kitchen Arts \u0026 Letters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}