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Joshua Ploeg – This Ain't No Picnic
If
punk is about painting a big picture on a limited canvas, then this
book is punk as fuck. Whether these recipes work for you or not (and
I'm just suggesting here that a coffee pot curry or zippo lighter
s'mores will not), This Ain't No Picnic is full to bursting with
energy and enthusiasm – you can't help but get involved. “Punks
get innovative when missing ingredients, gear or an oven” Joshua
says, “now you can too.” This Ain't No Picnic doesn't present
clear solutions, rather it's a riotous, chaotic, colourful roadtrip
with a raucous, boundlessly positive travelling chef at the wheel.
For
punks who have had to cook on the cheap, on the road or on
mind-altering chemicals, this is jam packed with brilliant ideas. For
example, Joshua has provided a hilarious chapter on cooking (quite
literally) on the road: Alongside dashboard kale chips and soaked
Thai noodles, the potentially lethal Engine Block Casserole comes
with a warning – “Should take an hour or so driving around,” he
says. “I don't mean tooting round town either. I mean a real
drive... And if you fuck it up, well don't blame me because no-one
should ever cook on their engine!”
Or
how about the chapter on improvisation: Credit card chopping makes
sense if you're putting together an Italian salad sandwich, and
stovetop pizza is an efficient way of heating and cooking together.
Ideas for a spinning out a bag of flour and little else is perfect
sense for when the money isn't coming in. Joshua even devotes an
entire chapter to dumpster ingredients. And why the fuck not?
Joshua
gets a friend to introduce each chapter, and in true DIY spirit, each
friend has a role in the punk community around him. And to emphasise
the point, each chapter comes with a playlist, which ranges from
mainstream classics to obscure local punk bands.
Whether
you pick up This Ain't No Picnic for cookery tips, recipe ideas of
just for its mad sense of fun, this book is a milestone in punk rock
vegan cooking.
Available through Active Distribution
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