FOR LOVERS OF COOKING, UNCONVENTIONAL COOKS AND CULINARY HIGH ADVENTURE
The Roast Penguin Chronicles
Jason C. Anthony
From the author of the acclaimed Substack series, A Field Guide to the Anthropocene, Jason C. Anthony’s The Roast Penguin Chronicles is a savory, eclectic stew unlike anything ever written about Antarctica. Part adventure tale, part cookbook, part engrossing history of doomed expeditions and food-fueled endurance, Anthony’s tale immerses the reader in the least habitable place on earth.
Anthony is a fine, visceral writer and a witty observer. He paints his cast of questers with a Monty-Pythonesque brush, but balances the telling with a refusal to sneer or giggle. He demonstrates genuine respect, compassion and a kind of hopeless love for his quixotic subjects and their grandiose, miserable hungers.
New York Times
Serving up echoes of Anthony Bourdain, The Roast Penguin Chronicles is strikingly original and vividly entertaining. Join an unforgettable journey as Anthony aims an amusing and creative culinary lens at the story of a land where hunger is the one spice everyone carries.
All of this is great fun to read. And it’s sweet to learn that even at the end of the world, meals serve as the hearth of human companionship.
RON CHARLES, WASHINGTON POST
