{"product_id":"op-outlaw-cook-unsigned-first-printing","title":"OP: Outlaw Cook (unsigned first printing)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFarrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine. First printing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThorne’s second book, co-written with his wife Matt Lewis Thorne, recounts his young adult years, living in New York City’s Lower East Side neighborhood. At its core, \u003cem\u003eOutlaw Cook\u003c\/em\u003e is a celebration of cooking as a solitary practice. He revels in liberation from expectation—no creative boundaries imposed by parents, culinary technique, anyone else’s preferences, or even recipes. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe says, “I’ve generally found life a lot more interesting learning to use my limitations than struggling to overcome them. For example, since I have little patience in getting things just right, I tend to avoid dishes that require a calculated perfection…And since I can’t abide following someone else’s directions, I rarely prepare anything that I can’t get a good mental fix on before I start.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur copy is a \u003cstrong\u003efirst printing\u003c\/strong\u003e. Near Fine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/outlaw-cook-p\"\u003epaperback\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KNOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42525231874181,"sku":"John Thorne with Matt Lewis Thorne","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/5046\/0549\/files\/outlawcook.jpg?v=1794001055","url":"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/op-outlaw-cook-unsigned-first-printing","provider":"Kitchen Arts \u0026 Letters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}