This book was wonderful. Lewis writes for all the women with a girl on one arm, a boy on the other and a 7 layer cake on the counter. She takes big bites and savors them, and lives to write about it. A former sex-worker who has a delicious way with words, Lewis has given us a book that is part memoir, part advice column, and part scrumptious cookbook. She embraces her humanity in a beautiful way, and celebrates all manner of decadent things. Sex-positive but interestingly judgmental of the clients she used to service- understandable, from the descriptions. It's also fascinating to see how compartmentalized her sex life was when she was working in the trade. Well-written, funny, loving and wry. It'll make you hungry for more.

Not for the faint of heart or those who eschew Anglo-Saxon terms for genitalia. ( )

Funny, raunchy, heart-wrenching, and full of delicious recipes to boot! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll head for the kitchen. Underneath the awesomely colorful stories, Sarah Lewis has some very serious things to say about women, and the crappy things we choose to do to our bodies and our hearts. This book is a band-aid for your spirit. ( )

I wanted to love this, especially after really enjoying the author's sex work memoir, [b:Indecent: How I Make It and Fake It as a Girl for Hire|488149|Indecent How I Make It and Fake It as a Girl for Hire|Sarah Katherine Lewis|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328853730s/488149.jpg|476422], but it was ultimately a little disappointing. Sarah Katherine Lewis's writing is so shameless and in-your-face that I expected this to be a manifesto, something that I would find myself reading passages aloud from, nodding and excited that someone GETS IT, but it just turned out to be a collection of lukewarm essays about, well, food and sex. Some were better than others, certainly: Earl Grey Tea, a "love story" of sorts about hooking up with a butch lesbian in a new city; Britney, in which the author espouses her love for the pop princess and why she considers Ms. Spears a feminist icon; Baby Ruth Man and Agapae, tales similar to those in her previous book about delightfully kinky clients. I loved the simplicity of The Bacon Quotient, because really, who hasn't been there? And I appreciated the body-love messages of Thin and Fat. The last section about heartbreak really began to grate on me, though. There's only so much wallowing in self-pity and cartons of ice cream as I can stand, and we've all been there, so she's not really saying anything original. ( )

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. SKL managed to make me laugh, bring me to tears, and turn me on in less than 300 pages. I honestly can’t think of another book that’s succeeded at all three.

While others have cited her casual writing style as a negative, it’s what I find most engaging. It reads like a conversation with a good friend who’s stronger, braver, smarter, and sexier than you. The friend you aspire to be like; only to have her turn around and make you realize you’re just fine the way you are.

“What would happen if we all decided that we were going to eat how we wanted, fXck how we wanted, dress how we wanted, live how we wanted?”

I can only hope that every single one of us finds out the answer to that question. ( )

A delightful book about things Lewis wants, including both sex and bacon, as it happens. The perfect amount of bacon? 3 lbs. Want a great recipe for fried chicken recipe? It's in here. Want to make Fancy Spaghetti Sauce? There's a recipe in the book. As well as a whole bunch of entertaining stories and saucy anecdotes. Let's be clear - this book is not for prudes, or, frankly, those who keep kosher (thanks to the author's love for bacon). What it is is an engaging, entertaining and even educational read. Recommended. ( )