I love reading biographies in this format, seeing Lucy's life through the lens of both an artist and a food lover. Experiencing her life through the two mediums closest to her heart, art and food. It makes the reading experience more personal and gripping. Especially when the chapters end on a recipe highlighting the food item that instilled the memory we are witnessing and reading about on the page. Perfectly encapsulating the moment and allowing the audience the ability to cook the food and taste the sense memory Lucy is drawing. The art style blends well for a food biography. It is simple, with perfect details showing specific items to do with the foods. The colouring is bright, but the style also adds to the nostalgia of the past. As well, the paragraphs above the panels allow for more information and create a cohesive, but flowing unit. Like a perfectly written menu. There was also a lot of humour in the book, which made it easier to connect with Lucy and immerse yourself in her memories. Spilling secrets about her friends obsession with porn while a kid in Mexico, the joys of indulging in junk food behind her parent's backs, using junk food as a weapon against her food snob father. There were quite a few times I chuckled along with Lucy's escapades. Lucy appreciates food, and not just the fancy, high end food, but even those foods considered "bad" or "junk". The french fries from McDonalds, she loves them and associates them with a feeling of being home in a foreign environment. She allows for the idea that any food can be consumed, in moderation. Also, a lot of the graphic novel is about how food brings people together and even a bad meal can be good with the right company. Food is a connector of cultures, a meeting place when you cannot use language, a push to mend or to build. This book espouses the importance of communal eating, but also the individuality of the taste experience. One person may love a certain food (say mushrooms), while the next person may despise it. But, while the eating of food is an individual act, experiencing a meal with others often adds to it, makes the meal memorable, makes it more lovely. A great book about an artists relationship with food and family, growing up, finding herself, but also using food to connect to herself, to others, and to the world around her. Highly recommend.
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