Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been a sucker for all those Gold-Rush, Man! vs. the Elements! –type stories. Jack London, Louis L’Amour, Moby-Dick, building bonfires to keep the wolves at bay, fighting bears with knives forged out of your own testosterone –type shit. What can I say, that’s my jam. So I was excited to pick up North Water by Ian McGuire, a tale of horror and adventure on a whaling ship hunting the Arctic Oceans and two men in bitter conflict against […]
The Book of Things I Like to Eat: Reviewing Anthony Bourdain’s Appetites
Breaking the law, I know, but my first Cannonball review shall be… a cook-book. But before I get accused of cheating and ex-communicated from Cannonball Church, if my plan was to tackle something easy… boy, did I fuck up. I had to cook, savages. I mean, can’t analyze the plot or setting or character development, because, well, there isn’t any. So you have to review the recipes. There is no, “Does the Waygu beef become the man it always wanted to be”, or “Does the […]