Relish: My Life in the Kitchen

 For August, we went with our usual light summer reading, but this year instead of a children's book we read a delightful and yummy graphic novel by Lucy Knisley called Relish: My Life in the Kitchen.

The group was overall pleasantly surprised by this book.  Not everyone had read a graphic novel before, but happily liked it more than they expected. Some thought from the cover it was going to be a kids book.  But everyone really seemed to like it, especially Lucy's tone, and her great talent for combining her writing and illustration abilities. 

Favorite bits: 

• picture of her drinking vinegar with her dad.
• the relationship she has with her folks, and their friendly divorced relationship.
• A light and easy read.
• Wanted it to last longer.
• Loved how the recipes were illustrated. 
• Travels to Japan and trying out interesting foods. 
•  Wish all cookbooks had this many illustrations. 
•  Great humor...little details. Such as Mexico. Drew's little sister - quite the lady.
•  Hereditary cheese lovin' 

The only thing folks seemed to actually dislike, was that there weren't more recipes! 

Katie S. recommended picking up Lucy's travelog French Milk, about a trip she took to Paris with her mom.

As usual, we ate very well at our meeting:

Barbara – croissants and wine 

Katie S. – Kuma's Corner's Judas Priest burger, homemade apricot jam

Bobbie - caprice kabobs and feta stuffed figs 

 Dawn – cheese and tomatoes and crackers

Katie W. – tres leches cake 

Vanessa - masubi  

Madeline was off at Twilight Camp with her Scouts (no vampires, I presume) and Sonja was on vacation in San Diego (fun!)

Next month's discussion will be around Gulp : Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach.   This book is lots of fun and focuses a little bit on food, but a lot more on digestion.  Katie S. will be leading the group, as Dawn has a work conflict.