The Roast Penguin Chronicles
The Roast Penguin Chronicles

The Roast Penguin Chronicles

FOR LOVERS OF COOKING, UNCONVENTIONAL COOKS AND CULINARY HIGH ADVENTURE

This item will be released on March 4, 2025

The Roast Penguin Chronicles

Jason C. Anthony

Coming in March 2025

From the author of the acclaimed Substack series, A Field Guide to the Anthropocene, Jason C. Anthony’s The Roast Penguin Chronicles is a savory, eclectic stew unlike anything ever written about Antarctica. Part adventure tale, part cookbook, part engrossing history of doomed expeditions and food-fueled endurance, Anthony’s tale immerses the reader in the least habitable place on earth.

Anthony is a fine, visceral writer and a witty observer. He paints his cast of questers with a Monty-Pythonesque brush, but balances the telling with a refusal to sneer or giggle. He demonstrates genuine respect, compassion and a kind of hopeless love for his quixotic subjects and their grandiose, miserable hungers.

New York Times

Serving up echoes of Anthony Bourdain, The Roast Penguin Chronicles is strikingly original and vividly entertaining. Join an unforgettable journey as Anthony aims an amusing and creative culinary lens at the story of a land where hunger is the one spice everyone carries.

Jason C. Anthony

Jason C. Anthony was the 2014 Literary Fellow for Maine, and his awards include fellowships at the MacDowell Colony, the Dora Maar House, and the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, among others. His essays have appeared in Orion, VQR, The Best American Travel Writing, and elsewhere. He lives and writes in Maine, "that state of grace wedged between the U.S. and Canada.