Reddit mentions of Relish: My Life in the Kitchen

Just finished reading French Milk by Lucy Knisley. It was actually a little disappointing. I like the idea of the book. It's a travel journal from her birthday trip to Paris with her mother at the age of 22. She stays there for a month and draws journal comics everyday chronicling their time together. The problem is the idea of discovery and wonder is sucked out of this particular trip, because she's been to Paris before and she spends quite a bit of time going to places she's already been. The other problem, for me, is that she comes off as a bit spoiled. I love journal comics and no matter the person's personality, I love their honesty and candidness. However, she seems to complain quite a bit and it's a little off putting considering the tremendous opportunity to spend a month in a beautiful foreign city.

I have been following Lucy's blog and I tend to like a lot of her small single page comics. Despite how I feel about French Milk, I still look forward to reading Relish as I love to cook and eat and I like the idea of a memoir that recounts someones life through the food they cook and eat.

Also, check out Relish, a graphic novel. It has a few recipes in it (not a huge amount), but it is a very enjoyable read:

http://www.amazon.com/Relish-Life-Kitchen-Lucy-Knisley/dp/1596436239

Relish by Lucy Knisley! It's really more of a graphic memoir, but it's a graphic memoir about her experiences with food and it contains illustrated recipes. It's gorgeous, a fun light read, and the recipes are pretty (I actually haven't tried any yet).

You must read March by John Lewis.You might also like Trinity and Relish.

I've just started All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy, and it's good, though it's not one of those books you just can't quit reading, if you know what I mean? I'm enjoying it, but I'm taking it slow.

I've also recently read Interpreter of Maladies (highly recommend), Life After Life (fairly good), and Relish, which is a comic about food, and I just loved. http://www.amazon.com/Relish-Life-Kitchen-Lucy-Knisley/dp/1596436239

Some cooking-related comics:

• Lucy Knisley's Relish
  
  
• Anthony Bourdain & co.'s Get Jiro!
  
  One of my favorite police/detective-type comics is Blacksad, a series of noir stories set in a anthropomorphized world, following private investigator John Blacksad. I'm not sure if your dad would find the art too "kiddy" at first (anthropomorphism sometimes gets that reputation), but this is definitely not a kid-friendly book. It's set in 1950s America, was created by two Spaniards, and was originally published in France.
  
  For car comics, I haven't read this one, but Phoenix: The Ford Pinto Story made my list of SPX-debuts last year that sounded really interesting. I don't think I ever saw it reviewed though, so can't really say much more than that it exists.