Foodiggity

  • Blog
    • Bacon ‘n Stuff
    • Beer
    • Because Japan
    • Featured Originals
    • Food Art Friday
  • About
  • Contact
  • Archive
  • Shop
  • Toggle Mobile Menu
  • Toggle Search
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Photos
  • RSS

What Do You Call a Cookbook That Is Actually a Comic Book?

February 10, 2011 by Chris Durso

With hand-drawn and artist-rendered recipes becoming more popular, it only makes sense that an entire cookbook would eventually go the visual route. Amanda Cohen, the chef/owner of NYC’s Dirt Candy, has signed a deal to create a cookbook in the form of a graphic novel.

According to Cohen…

My problem has always been that I couldn’t think of a reason to add yet another cookbook to the already crowded shelves, but that all changed about a year ago when I had an idea for the kind of cookbook that would work for Dirt Candy: a graphic novel cookbook. I’m not sure if “graphic novel” is the best term here since it’s a cookbook and not a novel, but that’s the best description I can come up with.

In the same way that the term ‘graphic novel’ was coined to give adults an excuse to still read comic books, perhaps we’ll eventually need to come up with a truly original term for a comic/cook book. Might we suggest ‘culinovel’, or ‘comiculinatorium’? Please no one steal those.

[thanks The Food Section]

Filed Under: Daily Links, Food Art Tagged With: art, comics, design, food art, graphic novel, illustration

Trackbacks

  1. Tweets that mention What Do You Call a Cookbook That Is Actually a Comic Book? | Foodiggity.com -- Topsy.com says:
    February 10, 2011 at 10:57 am

    […] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Nutrition Nerd, Jonell Galloway. Jonell Galloway said: What do you call a cookbook that is actually a comic book? I call it COOL. @foodigity https://fb.me/VqztxlIi […]

Custom Stickers, Die Cut Stickers, Bumper Stickers - Sticker Mule

Foodiggity on Facebook

Tags

advertising art bacon baking bbq beer booze breakfast burger cake candy cereal cheeseburger chocolate coffee cookies cooking cupcakes design dessert fashion food art graphic design halloween how to ice cream illustration japan McDonald's meat movies music oreos packaging painting photography pizza sculpture shop star wars sushi video wine wtf youtube

Creative Commons License
This work by Foodiggity is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Trending Posts

  • Your Kitchen Is Trying To Kill You, An Infographic
    Your Kitchen Is Trying To Kill You, An Infographic
  • The Top Ten Instant Noodle Bowls In The World
    The Top Ten Instant Noodle Bowls In The World
  • Boobie Cupcakes
    Boobie Cupcakes

Who, What, Where?

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Shop

    About

    Foodiggity is here to provide the best in food culture, news, products, and other food-related nonsense.

    Copyright ©2018 Foodiggity