In Relish, Lucy Knisley shares her experiences growing up around her family who were passionate lovers of food! This quick, light read is filled with short foodie anecdotes. Through her art (in colour, no less!), Knisley shows her deep appreciation and love of food and its connection to her family and youth. I thought the inclusion of illustrated recipes at the end of each chapter was a cute touch.
But this book was just okay for me. Honestly? I just didn't find the vignettes of her life all that interesting. Argh, that sounds so mean. I did appreciate its foodie focus and that it was a quick read. I liked it but didn't love it or connect with it as much as I had expected. It had all the right ingredients but left me feeling neither starved for more nor completely sated either.
My Rating: 3 stars
Author: Lucy Knisley
Genre: Graphic Novel, Memoir
Type and Source: Graphic Novel from public library
Publisher: MacMillan
First Published: April 2, 2013
Book Description from GoodReads: A vibrant, food-themed memoir from beloved indie cartoonist Lucy Knisley.
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.
A welcome read for anyone who ever felt more passion for a sandwich than is strictly speaking proper, Relish is a book 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.
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