May 7, 2003

  • Just a note to point out that my friend Karen (she’s the one on the left) has just put the finishing touches on issue #5 of her ‘zine, pekopeko.

    It’s a ‘zine about food (“..high- to low- to no-brow..”). Here’s the blurb she sent out:

    In this issue:

    The French Chef Takes the Cake by Kathleen Collins
    It was the feeling of warmth and comfort Julia Child exuded that hooked me as a 4-year-old:
    She was sloppy and folksy and exposed her blunders with whimsy.
    [..]

    I Made You, You Know It’s True by Mara Schwartz
    As moms across America plied kids with veggies using various “children are starving in China” arguments, Mr. Potato Head flaunted the fact that our country just had soooo many potatoes,
    we could use them as children’s toys.

    Cooky Cooky Cooky Starts with “C” by Sara Bir
    I didn’t want to eat the Cooky Cottage – I yearned to shrink down, jump into the Betty Crocker Cooky Book, and live in the cottage with the tiny chocolate dog in the green coconut yard as my pet.

    My Fear of (Fake) Meats by Shauna Swartz
    As a long-term vegetarian, I essentially keep kosher by default. But that doesn’t mean I can eat a veggie burger topped with fake bacon and soy cheese without serious psychological misgivings.
    [..]

    It’s distributed by LastGasp, and is available at independent (and some less-independent) comic, record, and bookstores.