Dirt Candy: A Cookbook: Flavor-Forward Food From The Upstart New York City Vegetarian Restaurant (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
I had mixed feelings about this book; despite not liking Oryx and Crake, I read The Year of the Flood. I started really into this book…but towards the end, it dragged a little too much for me. I realize part of this is that I'm not a sci-fi reader (though I do love Atwood), this got a little bit too much at times for me. But the detail of the characters, of the new world, how quickly you become invested in their lives...it's proof of what a great writer Atwood is. Still, at the end, I found myself skimming a bit. No start-up company is without its hiccups and the restaurant business is one of the hardest ones there is. Even when success has been assured, every day in the kitchen is a crisis waiting to happen. A chef calls in sick and others scramble to take his place. The vegetables you ordered are rotten and you pray that no one asks for that dish until you get them replaced. Injuries are common, inevitable and potentially crippling. Prepare for scar tissue.Ms. Cohen knows all this first hand and her brilliant original graphic novel shows how she went from a struggling beginning to a flourishing success when so many restaurant business fold in their first year (50%). She had an idea, a plan and experience and even all that didn’t prevent the many headaches and disasters that came her way. Filled with expressive comic panels, loads of delicious recipes and a hard-nosed practical view of what it takes to make it in the restaurant business, “Dirt Candy” is just the thing to lure adventurous diners to this vegetable restaurant…or at least urge them to explore cooking with vegetables as a delicious alternative.
What do You think about Dirt Candy: A Cookbook: Flavor-Forward Food From The Upstart New York City Vegetarian Restaurant (2012)?
Well... I am going to write a review on my blog about this but look at the stars I gave it.
—freeman299
Was hoping for more narrative story. Recipes look interesting.
—bhamini1125
When veggie cookbook meets graphic novel magic things happen.
—Gary
