For the February / March 2024 edition of our book club, I chose the graphic memoir Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley (April 2013)
From the author's website:
In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating at the time and lessons learned about food, cooking, and life. Each chapter is bookended with an illustrated recipe—many of them treasured family dishes, and a few of them Lucy's original inventions.
A welcome read for anyone who ever felt more passion for a sandwich than is strictly speaking proper, Relish is a graphic novel for our time: it invites the reader to celebrate food as a connection to our bodies and a connection to the earth, rather than an enemy, a compulsion, or a consumer product.
And from the book review on NPR:
Lucy Knisley isn't a food hipster. She's a food nerd.
Which is to say: she doesn't lecture. She enthuses.
Her knowledge of food isn't an excuse to lord her expertise over others. It's a means to connect with them, to get them to understand why she loves what she loves — and, maybe, to get them to love it, too.Relish contains a series of stories from Knisley's life in the culinary world, from being toted along as a young girl to her mother's job at the first Dean and Deluca, to her own experiences in the Chicago food scene. These are broken up by some of her favorite recipes, lovingly illustrated and annotated in her bright, cartoony style.
I'm looking forward to reading outside my habits' boundaries.
Simona, briciole
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Reserved and on waiting list at library!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to this one! I hope to participate.
ReplyDeleteI hope the wait is not too long, Debra :)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing what you cook, Deb, and thank you again for suggesting this book :)
I have to confess that I am not much of a reader. When I do read , it is mostly historical fiction or a biography.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds interesting especially with a recipe at the end of the chapter.
Thanks so much for hosting. My review and recipe went live this morning at https://adayinthelifeonthefarm.blogspot.com/2024/02/sweet-potato-sushi-and-book-review.html.
ReplyDeleteDon't read cartoon books, definitely outside my usual book habitat but, I've now got my library reserve copy, waiting for pickup. We'll see. Thanks for getting us outside our boxes Simona.
ReplyDeleteThis will be a reread for me but I am looking forward to it
ReplyDeleteI hope you get tempted to read this one, Judee: it's a fun, warmhearted read, and the recipes are quite interesting :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Wendy :)
It was a new experience for me too, Claudia. I enjoyed her drawings and her narrating voice :)
I'm glad you'll be reading it again, Marg :)
I enjoyed the reread of this so much!
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So glad you did, Deb :)
ReplyDeleteFantastic pick! Here's my post: https://www.amyscookingadventures.com/2024/02/chai-latte.html
ReplyDeleteThanks Simona, my post is now up: http://honeyfromrock.blogspot.com/2024/02/stacked-or-unstacked-enchiladas-for.html
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It was fun to revisit this book
Mine is up (an from Marg's comment above they may be similar)!
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Thank you, Amy. So glad you liked the book :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Claudia :)
Indeed, Marg! Thank you :)
Thank you, Debra :)
Here's my contribution: https://www.pulcetta.com/2024/03/recipe-skillet-cooked-asparagus-eggs.html
ReplyDeleteThank you all for participating :)
Right at the wire as usual. Here's mine: http://kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com/2024/03/lucy-knisleys-moms-pesto-cream.html
ReplyDeleteThis was a fun reread for me, thanks Simona!
Thank you, Deb. Glad you had fun reading the book again :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge fan of asparagus and enjoy those tasty little spears prepareed any number of ways! This dish looks yummy
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cathy :)
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