{"product_id":"the-need-to-feed-lydia-lunch-9781627311854","title":"The Need to Feed","description":"\u003cb\u003eUnderground icon, No Wave pioneer, and cultural outlaw\u003cbr\u003eLydia Lunch delivers a brutally honest, pleasure-driven cookbook that feeds the\u003cbr\u003ebody, fuels obsession, and celebrates excess with intention.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBest known for her work in No Wave, punk, spoken word, \u003cbr\u003eand transgressive art, Lydia Lunch earned her name cooking improvised\u003cbr\u003efeasts for starving artists and musicians in downtown New York--Sonic Youth, \u003cbr\u003eSuicide, Henry Rollins, the Dead Boys, the Butthole Surfers, and countless\u003cbr\u003eothers who helped define underground culture. Her raw culinary philosophy even\u003cbr\u003ereached mainstream audiences through her appearance with Anthony Bourdain, \u003cbr\u003ecementing her reputation as a cook who understands food as survival, seduction, \u003cbr\u003eand rebellion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Need to Feed\u003c\/i\u003e is not a conventional\u003cbr\u003ecookbook--it's a hedonist's survival manual, a kitchen manifesto for\u003cbr\u003epeople who live hard, work harder, and refuse joyless eating. Updated for a new\u003cbr\u003egeneration, this edition features revised and updated recipes, along\u003cbr\u003ewith full-color photography that captures the mood, menace, and intimacy\u003cbr\u003eof Lydia's world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese recipes are designed for maximum satisfaction--flavor-dense, \u003cbr\u003eindulgent, and unapologetically sensual. From late-night recovery meals to\u003cbr\u003ethree-course feasts for lovers, pranksters, and creative conspirators, Lunch\u003cbr\u003eshows how to set the mood as carefully as the table. This is food for bodies\u003cbr\u003epushed to their limits by art, labor, sex, and excess. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in Lydia Lunch's unmistakable voice--sharp, \u003cbr\u003eprofane, funny, and feral--this book blends practical cooking advice with\u003cbr\u003eerotic personal asides and hard-won street wisdom. \u003ci\u003eThe Need to Feed\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebelongs in the kitchens of artists, outsiders, and anyone who believes eating\u003cbr\u003eshould be as dangerous, nourishing, and satisfying as living.\"Lydia is one of the few people left in America who actually knows what she's talking about. I'd follow her into the jaws of hell and beyond. Try these recipes. Try them all.I dare you.\" Shirley Manson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lydia Lunch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1627311858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781627311854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feral House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Lydia Lunch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001116434687,"sku":"9781627311854","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-need-to-feed-lydia-lunch-9781627311854","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}