Relish: My Life in the Kitchen

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

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 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.

A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of 2013
An NPR Best Book of 2013

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: First Second
Published: 04/02/2013
ISBN: 9781596436237
Pages: 173
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.95h x 5.62w x 0.52d
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Alex Awards - Winner
Award: Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/11/2013 pg. 67
Booklist 03/01/2013 pg. 40
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2013 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2013 pg. 469
New York Times Book Review 06/02/2013 pg. 20
PW Best Children's Books 11/11/2013 pg. 29
Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/2014 pg. 12

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 156967 / Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
Reading Level: 6.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 2