Relish: My Life In The Kitchen
by Lucy Knisley
Buy on Amazon"Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. 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"--From publisher's web site. In her 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.
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"Lucy Knisley’s comic memoir Relish contains a series of stories from her life in the culinary world interspersed with some of her favorite recipes, all of it lovingly illustrated and annotated in her bright, cartoony style. That style is key to the book’s appeal, because Knisley isn’t a food hipster — she’s a food nerd. Which is to say: She doesn’t lecture; she enthuses. Relish 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."
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