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Sex and Bacon: Why I Love Things That Are Very, Very Bad for Me Paperback – April 29, 2008

by Sarah Katherine Lewis (Author)

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It’s said that how we eat is reflective of our appetite in bed. Food and sex: two universal experiences that can easily become addictive and all consuming. You don’t need to look far—The Food Network, billboards, TV spots to name just a few—to witness firsthand the explosive combination of food and sex.

In Sex and Bacon: Why I Love Things That Are Very, Very Bad for Me, Sarah Katherine Lewis is a seductress whose observations about the interplay between food and sex are unusually delightful, sometimes raunchy, and always absorbing. Sex and Bacon is a unique type of lovefest, and Lewis is not your run-of-the-mill food writer.

A lusty eater who’s spent the better part of her adult life as a sex worker, Lewis is as reckless as she is adventurous. She writes of eating whale and bone marrow as challenges she was incapable of resisting. With chapters that hone in on the categorically simple—fat, sugar, meat—Lewis infuses even the most quotidian meals and food memories with sensual observations and decadence worthy of savoring. Sex and Bacon is exuberant—a celebration that honors the rawness and base needs that are central to our experiences of both food and sex.

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Seal Press (April 29, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1580052282
ISBN-13: 978-1580052283
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 8.3 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,649,120 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2068 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Cooking Education & Reference > Essays
- #3684 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Sexual Health > General
- #8620 in Books > Self-Help > Sex

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How much bacon is enough?

ByC. C. Ingersollon April 22, 2008

Format: Paperback

Nearly all of us have been to a restaurant and ordered a breakfast that included bacon at some point in our lives. Bacon is very yummy! The problem is that you usually only get two or three strips along with your meal. So you order another side of bacon and pay a dollar or two extra for another three strips, but is that enough? Sarah Katherine Lewis sets off on the search to find out "How much bacon is 'enough' bacon" in her book "Sex and Bacon: Why I Love Things That Are Very, Very Bad for Me"

As a curvy size 10, Miss Lewis mixes recipes with anecdotal stories of her youth to question why anyone would want to limit their experiences in life to a starvation diet. Every passage inside is a celebration of sensuality, sexuality and freedom to live life as one pleases.

Lewis states about an associate: "When even a crack habit won't make you as thin as a Hollywood starlet or a fashion model, it's time to reevaluate the beauty standards that keep us literally starving ourselves to death." As you read on you realize that perhaps she's referring to more then just the food we eat...

Eventually, Lewis does discover how much bacon is "enough" bacon - but in this case, the reward is both in the journey and the destination. Once you get there, you plot a new course and set off on another adventure. That's what life is all about, isn't it?

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The Sarah Katherine Lewis Quotient

BySam :)on April 28, 2008

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There is something incredibly unique about SKL. In all of my experiences reading, I have never been so completely turned on, disgusted, amused and hungry at the same time. She is a highly intelligent woman with a talent for sucking readers of all different ages and backgrounds, and it is obvious that she knows exactly what she's doing when she sits down at her computer (albeit sticky, of course). I love love love love this book. And, actually, I made the tuna noodle casserole to comfort my heart during a recent break-up and it definitely eased the pain, if only for a little while.

This book will make you hot, it will make you uncomfortable, but most of all, it will make you want more.

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incredibly entertaining

ByJust Another Amazon Shopperon June 1, 2008

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The funny parts of this book are literally laugh-out-loud funny. The foody parts are enticing. The gross parts are pretty damn gross. And the sad parts are sad, but tempered by the tenderness and good humor and intelligence of the author. Ms. Lewis transcends her genre(s) in a big way. Like her first book, this one is impossible to put down until it's finished because the author's voice is so compelling. I always want to hear more of what she has to say.

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An interesting book by a very talented woman,

ByStanley C. Pierceon April 28, 2008

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There are three interwoven subjects in this book. I'll pass on having anything to say about the "bacon" or to make it clearer, the descriptions of why and how Sarah goes about preparing a variety of meals, often meals to please her man or a close friend.

I have no qualifications to comment on this portion of the book except to say that it is obvious that Sarah goes about preparing and enjoying meals with a love.

Interspersed throughout Sex and Bacon are some wonderful insights and tales about the people (mostly men) she encountered in her years as a sex worker. It is most interesting to understand how sex workers feel about their customers as well as to learn about the unusual ( one might even say bizarre or crazy) scenarios that men want and will pay dearly (in dollars) to experience.

Some of the stories gave me mixed feelings of humor and a kind of disgust. It is a challenge at times to cope with a woman sex worker having such an occupation and at the same time having so many desires for what many of us would call a standard life of romance, love, wanting to be loved and respected, sometimes wanting children, and enjoying such a life.

The third subject and to me the most interesting one is getting to know Sarah. For a number of years I have been privileged as well as pleased to have been on Sarah's friend's list in her Live Journal. I have seen and felt in her a woman who has a most wonderful, interesting, and humorous way of expressing herself in the written word. I was originally pointed to her journal and told that she was a most unusual and interesting person. And that she is.

As I realized her ever so human needs and feelings, and the contrast with being a sex worker, I "adopted" her to encourage her in many ways. There are so many facets to her that often show in her book. Even when she occasionally gets a little sarcastic or discouraged, one can connect with her and feel her loving personality.

I am so happy that she is writing as it is something she always desired to do and she obviously is very good at it. I am also happy from a kind of fatherly way that she is not doing sex work at this time. Sarah has been a sex worker long enough that she handles it well. To me it is that she no longer has to be exposed to many men looking to experience ejaculation according to strange scenarios. I do understand why and how she became a sex worker, but from my accepting fatherly view, I prefer that she not be in this business.

Read this book if you want to meet an unusual and wonderful person.

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Devour it.

ByJocelyn S.on June 1, 2008

Format: Paperback

Imagine your favorite cooking show hostess. Now imagine her in your kitchen, wearing plastic hot pants and a smile, pouring you a glass of red wine and telling anecdotes from her previous life as a sex worker.

That was what I pictured, anyway, while reading Sarah Katherine's new book, Sex and Bacon. Her collection of short essays explores a variety of topics, including body image, Britney Spears and, of course, the ultimate question: How much bacon is enough? I loved the way Sarah interspersed tales of heartache and tips on how to get laid (hint: it involves pumpkin pie) with recipes that even the most kitchen-impaired can follow. Her book is honest, smart and open - just like the lovely author herself.

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lush prose goes deep into my bones

ByLauralon February 27, 2013

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I enjoyed the hell out of "Indecent" and the blog before and after, so I felt almost guilty that it took me so long to pick this one up. Fortunately I was reminded of the Kindle edition after having some candied bacon at my favorite restaurant.

Well, it took me two days to read it twice, and I was completely swept away into an erotic haze. I mean, at least I could go cook some delicious cake and pork and bacon, but I couldn't immediately go out and find a beautiful butch girl to punish me. And I'm not even bi-curious! Well, not usually, anyway. This erotic ode to food and sex just about made me melt into a puddle on the floor.

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Instant favorite!!

I happened upon this book and bought it with barely an idea what it was about. I knew from the title it was a memior and from the reviews that it was hard to put down and that was...Read more

Published on June 29, 2013 by Red

Fun, but could use an editor

Don't be put off by my 3 star review. This is a quick, fun, mindless, shocking, interesting book to read.Read more

Published on June 7, 2010 by CVan83

As real as it gets.

I like Lewis. She writes it like it is, and makes no excuses for anything. She comes across as a really honest human beings.Read more

Published on February 7, 2010 by E. Woontner

Satisfying Our Hungers

Sex and Bacon was my final book read in 2008 as I wanted a horrendous year to end on a positive note. I couldn't have chosen better.Read more

Published on December 31, 2008 by Heidi

Funny Funny Funny, and smart!

I read this in bed last night and laughed so freaking hard I had tears coming out of my eyes. Food, recipes, laughs, sex, love...perfect.Read more

Published on September 16, 2008 by Allison Tyler

An enthralling collection of vignettes

Published on August 13, 2008 by Kindle Customer

Food = love

Reading this book was like a little feminazi epiphany for me.

Sometimes you just need to be told that it's okay to enjoy sex, and it's okay to enjoy food.Read more

Published on June 5, 2008 by C. Foberg

A delight for the senses!

Today, I walked through my front door after work, my feet aching from 8 hours of being crammed into my too-tight but damn sexy black Mary Jane stilettos.Read more

Published on May 29, 2008 by N. Morehouse

More!

There is only one word to sum up this book - MORE. Sarah Katherine wants more. More sex, more pleasure from food, more love, more of life.

Published on May 1, 2008 by VTgrrl

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