Sex and Bacon: Why I Love Things That Are Very, Very Bad for Me | 
 enlarge | Author: Sarah Katherine Lewis
Publisher: Seal Press
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 1580052282
Dewey Decimal Number: 394.12
EAN: 9781580052283
ASIN: 1580052282
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Product Description
It’s said that how we eat is reflective of our appetite in bed. Food and sex: two universal experiences that can easily become addictive and all consuming. You don’t need to look far—The Food Network, billboards, TV spots to name just a few—to witness firsthand the explosive combination of food and sex.
In Sex and Bacon: Why I Love Things That Are Very, Very Bad for Me, Sarah Katherine Lewis is a seductress whose observations about the interplay between food and sex are unusually delightful, sometimes raunchy, and always absorbing. Sex and Bacon is a unique type of lovefest, and Lewis is not your run-of-the-mill food writer.
A lusty eater who’s spent the better part of her adult life as a sex worker, Lewis is as reckless as she is adventurous. She writes of eating whale and bone marrow as challenges she was incapable of resisting. With chapters that hone in on the categorically simple—fat, sugar, meat—Lewis infuses even the most quotidian meals and food memories with sensual observations and decadence worthy of savoring. Sex and Bacon is exuberant—a celebration that honors the rawness and base needs that are central to our experiences of both food and sex.
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Funny Funny Funny, and smart! September 16, 2008
I read this in bed last night and laughed so freaking hard I had tears coming out of my eyes. Food, recipes, laughs, sex, love...perfect. I will never look at broccoli the same again. And the BQ, well, I'd always wondered that myself and now I know. Sarah Katherine Lewis is fantastic! More, more!
An enthralling collection of vignettes August 14, 2008
Highly recommended. In Sex and Bacon, SKL has penned a series of sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, sometimes biting, and always fascinating short essays. Interspersed are recipes presented not in strict and measured portions, but rather as a mother or grandmother might explain - a dash of this, a bit of this if you have some, if not, a bit of that is ok too.
As with her previous book, Indecent, once you start, you'll have a difficult time setting the book aside. Indeed, you may have an even more difficult time, as the sections are sufficiently concise and well-edited you'll easily talk yourself into reading just one more.
I'll end with an excerpt of my favourite section, in which SKL recounts a tale of trying a dish that she realizes she will likely never experience ever again. It's a keen observation, equally applicable to any singular experience in life:
"... I thought that the really terrible thing about eating something so important and singular and special is that once you've done it, you know that pretty much everything else you consume will be lesser than. Some things the Devil tempts you to eat, laughing, the way he handed the of knowledge to poor Eve. Sometimes it's better not to know, so you can live in peaceful ignorance."
Food = love June 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Reading this book was like a little feminazi epiphany for me.
Sometimes you just need to be told that it's okay to enjoy sex, and it's okay to enjoy food.
Logically, we should know this already, but there are times when hearing it from an outside source just drives it home.
I really and truly think I am in love, and it's not often that the object of my affection is a mass of bound paper and ink.
incredibly entertaining June 2, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The funny parts of this book are literally laugh-out-loud funny. The foody parts are enticing. The gross parts are pretty damn gross. And the sad parts are sad, but tempered by the tenderness and good humor and intelligence of the author. Ms. Lewis transcends her genre(s) in a big way. Like her first book, this one is impossible to put down until it's finished because the author's voice is so compelling. I always want to hear more of what she has to say.
Devour it. June 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Imagine your favorite cooking show hostess. Now imagine her in your kitchen, wearing plastic hot pants and a smile, pouring you a glass of red wine and telling anecdotes from her previous life as a sex worker.
That was what I pictured, anyway, while reading Sarah Katherine's new book, Sex and Bacon. Her collection of short essays explores a variety of topics, including body image, Britney Spears and, of course, the ultimate question: How much bacon is enough? I loved the way Sarah interspersed tales of heartache and tips on how to get laid (hint: it involves pumpkin pie) with recipes that even the most kitchen-impaired can follow. Her book is honest, smart and open - just like the lovely author herself.
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