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Through Her Stomach

A Cro-Magnon's Guide to Cookery, Fuckery, and Douchery

Lindy West
Lisa Aileen Dragani
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Wow, that is stomach churning stuff. I don't think I've ever been so put off just by reading a review of a book - morbid curiosity usually goads me into at least flipping through train wrecks such as these, but in this case I don't think I'll have any trouble making an exception.

Also, fucking Poland? Dude. DUDE. Do not fuck with Poland's WWII history. The Warsaw Uprising Museum in Warsaw is mind-blowing.
http://www.warsawuprising.com/

What a dick!
zeke_denaughty on August 4, 2010 at 12:30 PM Report this
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Any woman (or man) who fucks this denigrating piece of shit deserves whatever STD they catch - UGH!
woofy on August 4, 2010 at 12:55 PM Report this
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I love you, Lindy West.
Lizmosphere on August 4, 2010 at 1:39 PM Report this
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god seriously, who DOESN'T love cocaine?
Josh Bomb on August 4, 2010 at 2:28 PM Report this
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I haven't read this book, but there was a far more positive review in the alt weekly where I live. Maybe the author of this book is a piece of shit -- but this review sounds like it was written by a person who was offended by the premise. As I understand it, this is meant to be a tongue-in-cheek, date-night cookbook for single men on a budget. To suggest that the author's war metaphor is a call to commit rape is really pretty absurd.
Joe Havermann on August 4, 2010 at 2:32 PM Report this
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I haven't read this book, but there was a far more positive review in the alt weekly where I live. Maybe the author of this book is a piece of shit -- but this review sounds like it was written by a person who was offended by the premise. As I understand it, this is meant to be a tongue-in-cheek, date-night cookbook for single men on a budget. To suggest that the author's war metaphor is a call to commit rape is really pretty absurd.
Joe Havermann on August 4, 2010 at 2:33 PM Report this
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Pants aren’t located in-between the brain and the heart. If worn properly I fail to see how they cut off the circulation to the brain.
gebbeth on August 4, 2010 at 4:24 PM Report this
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I think we could call this book "Cook to NEVER Bang Again"!

Then again, it could probably be subtitled "A cookbook by a guy who's never BEEN banged".

Is his last name really Walker...or Wanker?
AlaskanbutnotSeanParnell on August 4, 2010 at 8:16 PM Report this
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Uh, why are you wasting my time reviewing a POS book? So I won't accidentally read it and find out it's a POS? Or is it so Ms. Lindy can waste my time reading the wonderful writings of Ms. Lindy? And what an easy, lazy topic to demonstrate the wonderfulness -- stupid men. Gosh I'm impressed.
on August 4, 2010 at 10:00 PM Report this
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Every man knows the cookbook that lands the chicks (excuse me; that lands the "hos") is Ted Nugent's Kill It and Grill It. Any other cookbook is for pantywaists.
TVDinner on August 4, 2010 at 11:09 PM Report this
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Dang it, Lindy. Stop being so awesome before some big city paper steals you away. Stop!
Luckier on August 5, 2010 at 12:03 AM Report this
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To all the nonbelievers,

I used some of Spencer Walker's tips and banged a skank last night.
smitty on August 5, 2010 at 6:40 AM Report this
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And, actually, Poland fought like a sumbitch even in 1939, holding out for several months against not only Nazi Germany's entire army but the Red Army, too. Then lots of Poles escaped to England and flew for the RAF for the rest of the shooting match. I think a better analogy is probably France, unfortunately.

Lindy should write a cooking guide for ambitious lovers, I would read it.
OneTrickPony on August 5, 2010 at 8:05 AM Report this
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smitty . . . I've heard of men naming their dicks, but never their hands.
coolnfruity on August 5, 2010 at 8:11 AM Report this
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Lindy, I think you need a Stranger "cook to bang" recipe test night. Everyone can taste dishes and judge on how horny it's getting them.

@7: Well, honestly? If you're on a budget, don't buy cookbooks. Waste of money on the whole when you can get perfectly good recipes online or borrow expensive ones from the library.
Gloria on August 5, 2010 at 8:12 AM Report this
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@13 dont worry about it.
on August 5, 2010 at 10:56 AM Report this
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I'm sorry you found the idea insulting that young women have such a massive upper hand when it comes to sex with young men, and that those men are desperate enough to do ANYTHING for a moment of your companionship.

The whole book is obviously playing on a "joke" that men have understood for generations when it comes to the dynamics of dating- women are the selectors, for the most part in America, and female youth carries hugely more status and social currency than young males, who may be strapping but struggle immensely to complete with older, still fit and far more established/mature/socially higher men.

The mentality of this book is just a projection of that vulnerability and inequality we feel. Consider this- who is more likely to even think that cooking a great meal will make their date happier? The chauvinist pig or a more sensitive individual?
on August 5, 2010 at 2:24 PM Report this
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@7 had it right, but I'd go further: interpreting the war metaphor as a call to rape is beyond absurd, it's reprehensible. Any article (tongue-in-cheek or otherwise) that encourages readers to "RAPE THE SHIT OUT OF THAT SKANK" should not have made it past the editor's desk. Shame on you, The Stranger.
on August 5, 2010 at 7:35 PM Report this
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I'm pretty much repeating @15. But:

A) Lindy, you are totally awesome. I love your mix of over the top directness and subtlety. I would give you as much fettucine alfredo and riesling as you wanted, merely for the honor of your hot smarty presence and wit!

B) Does this writer seriously think Poland didn't fight during WW2, or is that just Lindy's skillful indirect insult (as if this guy's doucheyness wasn't enough)? Because anyone who's read Norman Davies knows Poland fought like crazy, from 39 to 44, and I'll cut anyone who thinks otherwise. Oh yeah, and America partially owes its existence to 18th-19th century Polish exiles. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington look like morally flacid wankers compared to Tadeusz Kosciuszko and Kazmierz Pulaski.

(Historical hobbyhorse rant over. Please return to your regularly scheduled comments, and forgive me for trying to look smart for Lindy. Part A was the most important part of this comment.)
Joe Mentum on August 5, 2010 at 11:32 PM Report this
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@ 1, 2, and 10- Wow people, have a sense of humor! I am female and find much of the book to be highly amusing. Of course it's tongue-in-cheek, but it also offers some very good ideas, especially for those who don't know how to cook or are intimidated by the idea. I fail to see the problem in having a bit of fun with a subject like this, especially if it encourages more guys to cook for their dates!
on August 6, 2010 at 6:49 AM Report this
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My husband cooks AND does laundry (some, but not all the time). All my female friends are drooling jealous.
Barbara on August 6, 2010 at 12:31 PM Report this
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God, lighten up! The book is CLEARLY meant in a fun, lighthearted way, to be enjoyed by people who really want to be fun and lighthearted about calling women easily manipulable sluts! Try and have a sense of humor, like those fine human beings do who somehow still need a cookbook to try and trick women into sleeping with them!
Fistique on August 6, 2010 at 2:44 PM Report this
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@22 They don't actually like you, or like doing anything for you they just want to fuck you.

Congrats on finding an insincere, creepy sandwich-making "chef".
on August 6, 2010 at 3:47 PM Report this
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@11 "Uh, why are you wasting my time reviewing a POS book? So I won't accidentally read it and find out it's a POS? Or is it so Ms. Lindy can waste my time reading the wonderful writings of Ms. Lindy? And what an easy, lazy topic to demonstrate the wonderfulness -- stupid men. Gosh I'm impressed."

I had a lot more in mind to say, but fuck off, outrage addict.

The only thing that separates this review from your review of her review is that she's a better writer than you, and actually gets paid to snark. Your opinions are worthless.
on August 6, 2010 at 3:50 PM Report this
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What was so wrong with Win Her With Dinner: Food, Booze ∧ Tunes For Cooking Up The Perfect Evening (This book's premise is based on the simple truth that women like to see a guy put forth a little effort) that Cook to Bang needed to be published? WHWD had the bonus of kickass music suggestions.
Keister Button on August 6, 2010 at 5:30 PM Report this
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I LOVE YOU LINDY WEST
hydra on August 6, 2010 at 5:54 PM Report this
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I think the writer is a douche bag. BUT -- the first guy that ever cooked for me (home-made artichoke, roasted red pepper, and ricotta pizza) did get banged afterward. And I eventually married him. And yes, he still cooks.
singing cynic on August 6, 2010 at 7:47 PM Report this
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Lindy, why did you review this book, let alone read it? It obviously is not aimed at you-- It's a book for the low-hanging fruit off the loser dude tree. You know, the guys who think Tarantino movies are too confusing & "arty."

Talk about shooting fish in a barrel.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In on August 6, 2010 at 9:11 PM Report this
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Here's Spencer Walker's answers to critics:

http://www.menuism.com/blog/interview-sp…
counterpointilism on August 7, 2010 at 3:22 PM Report this
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Here's Spencer Walker's response to his critics:

http://www.menuism.com/blog/interview-sp…
counterpointers on August 7, 2010 at 3:26 PM Report this
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@24 because Lindy West is 100% serious?

It's irony wrapped around irony! Time goes 1/10th the speed!

Or maybe its just a book by a sleezebag written for sleezebags. They have a whole community.
IowaIan on August 7, 2010 at 8:53 PM Report this
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@23: I think it's kind of tragic we have to be impressed with adults who clean up after themselves. If you can't make food, do your own laundry, and in general clear your own messes -- or refuse to because your mate can do it -- you are a dysfunctional human being.
Gloria on August 8, 2010 at 5:19 PM Report this
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From an interview with Mr. Walker on some blog:
"And not all of the publicity is kind. I just had a heart-to-heart email exchange with a Pacific Northwest-based weekly writer who trashed CTB and then not-so-politely declined my offer to cook for her when I’m in town for a book tour this fall. She’ll never learn what a unique snowflake of sensitivity I am. Nor shall she nibble my nosh."
Lindy, I think all of your audience would appreciate it if you printed these emails.
seantel on August 8, 2010 at 7:12 PM Report this
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boo! someone wrote a book that's getting attention because it's making fun of itself! c'mon everyone! let's TRASH IT!!!!!
on August 9, 2010 at 6:04 PM Report this
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Hipster Ho-bags and Cave babes? It sounds like this guy borrowed his writing style from Tucker Max [I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell].
Candida on August 10, 2010 at 2:01 PM Report this
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And who says feminists have no fucking sense of humor!
notfromaroundhere on August 10, 2010 at 2:47 PM Report this
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Don't all of you know that for every douche like walker there really is a skanky ho bag that will find his doucheness appealing and actually fuck him. Let's not call this guy offensive and then turn a blind eye to the hoards of women who's world spins around mtv and the E channel. Its a supply and demand world you know...
midlander on August 10, 2010 at 4:32 PM Report this
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I don't understand. But I love a good-natured skank. I always found that cooking a really good breakfast in the morning after banging is the way to get more banging. Especially the strung out hipster skanks.
TaterBug on August 10, 2010 at 7:32 PM Report this
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Cooking-to-bang works -- ask my boyfriend. But it has to come naturally; he just likes to cook. The author's tab a/slot b approach is douchey to the extreme.
jenojeno on August 12, 2010 at 8:19 AM Report this
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"You modern cavebitches are triflin'." HAHAHAOHGOSH THIS IS MY NEW FAVOURITE THING.

Also everyone white-knighting this piece of sexist trash needs to check their male privilege at the door. (p.s. no one "deserves" to get laid. Ever)
Ratatoskr on August 18, 2010 at 2:39 PM Report this
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How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb?

THAT'S NOT FUNNY
on August 18, 2010 at 4:06 PM Report this
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"You’ve also been called sexist and misogynistic. What do you say to that?

Slanderous poppycock! I took a feminist studies course in college."

I bet he also says: "I'm not racist! I have a black coworker!"
Maxine on August 18, 2010 at 6:29 PM Report this
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"You’ve also been called sexist and misogynistic. What do you say to that?

Slanderous poppycock! I took a feminist studies course in college."


Which he did just to get laid.
keshmeshi on August 18, 2010 at 6:40 PM Report this
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@39: If you find a hoard of women over a certain value, you are required by law to report it to the government. You may only keep it if no museums or TV studios make a fair purchase offer.
Greg on August 18, 2010 at 10:46 PM Report this
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Erm... isn't is possible he was saying "Be like Poland in WWII: never give up"? So his editor (or Lindy) missed a little comma that alters the interpretation of his sentence. Calm down already!
madcap on August 28, 2010 at 4:01 AM Report this
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re 24: Lindy don't ever lighten up and, re 30: keep shooting those fish in the barrels; you are so damned funny!
kmhallaa on September 9, 2010 at 4:43 PM Report this

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