Lucky Peach

For awhile now I have had this strange obsession with all things Momofuku. I have the cookbook but the recipes are so hardcore and time consuming that I had never actually tried to make one. I also searched everywhere online and actually came up with a pretty good collection of Momofuku Milk Bar recipes. But once I had them I felt too guilty making any of the desserts for the sheer amount of butter and sugar they require.

I guess I'm not really sure why I'm obsessed with Momofuku but with me they somehow have a fan for life! So yesterday my boyfriend comes home with a present for me bragging that I will love it and that it is "brand new" like right out-of-the-box brand new. So I get all excited and he comes home with this magazine that has some guy dangling a raw chicken by the feet on the cover. Thinking to myself  "eww this is weird why am I excited?" until he points to the top of the magazine where is says " The new food quarterly from Momofuku's David Change" which triggers a squeal of excitement and a big kiss for my boyfriend!

This magazine is awesome. The artwork is gorgeous, the entire magazine this issue is dedicated to ramen including an article about the Japanese godfathers of ramen and where to go to get the best. (My boyfriend and I have decided when we go to Japan we will just buy a rail pass and travel by where the ramen takes us.)
 Then just to add to its greatness, the magazine incorporates another of my favorites: Anthony Bourdain. Better yet David Chang, Anthony Bourdain and WD-50 owner Wylie Dufresne drunk in Spain ranting about mediocrity.

Can it get any better? Yes! Being a food magazine there has to be recipes. Being that it is from Momofuku, they are out of the ordinary but surprisingly not as advanced or time intensive as the recipes in his cookbook. Some are as simple as making a potato chip dip out of sour cream and ramen flavor packets.

I truly hope that enough people are interested to keep this magazine alive. I can see it being pretty targeted to a certain specific demographic but it really is a page turner and one of the few magazines in a long time to get me excited to read it. Their passion for food and pushing the boundaries just makes it inspiring to read.