After months of long nights, Lucky Peach, McSweeney’s new magazine of food writing is finally here. The first issue’s theme is ramen, and it features work from its editors David Chang and Peter Meehan, Anthony Bourdain, an instant ramen taste test with Ruth Reichl, and quite a bit more. To celebrate the release of this momentous issue 1, they are having a party!

WHEN: Wednesday, June 22 - 7pm

WHERE: Make Out Room - 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco, CA

For $10, you will receive a copy of Lucky Peach, free beer (courtesy of yours-truly, Black Star), live music from Little Wings, and James Beard Award-winning chef David Chang will be in the house. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Japanese Earthquake Relief.

About the Lucky Peach - Each issue will explore a single topic through a mélange of travelogue, essays, art, photography, interviews, rants, and, of course, recipes. The journal will be full color and perfect bound, with an eye toward exploring new recipe designs. The aim of Lucky Peach is to create a publication that appeals to diehard foodies as well as fans of good writing and art in general.

About McSweeney’s - began in 1998 as a literary journal, edited by Dave Eggers, that published only works rejected by other magazines. But after the first issue, the journal began to publish pieces primarily written with McSweeney’s in mind. Since then, McSweeney’s has attracted works from some of the finest writers in the country, including Denis Johnson, William T. Vollmann, Rick Moody, Joyce Carol Oates, Heidi Julavits, Jonathan Lethem, Michael Chabon, Ben Marcus, Susan Straight, Roddy Doyle, T.C. Boyle, Steven Millhauser, Gabe Hudson, Robert Coover, Ann Beattie, and many others. Today, McSweeney’s has grown to be one of the country’s best-read and widely-circulated literary journals, with an expanding, loyal subscriber base and strong independent bookstore following.