Cooking Comically "Recipes So Easy You'll Actually Make Them"
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Tyler Capps combines photography and comics to do a how to for non-cooks. The photographs are clear and the comics are interesting. However, the fonts can make the book hard to understand. The language in the book is what killed me from considering passing it on to someone who might appreciate the concept more.
Challenge Topic: Recommended by an IFPL Librarian. Beth Recommended.
I loved this. Simple easy recipies written in a no nonsense comical style with in your face comments. This may be one I have to buy so I can try a few of the recipes.
Tyler Capps is a graphic artist and author of the Cooking Comically website who may or may not resemble the stick figure chefs in his book. I want him to cook for me. His book is not aimed at the vegan, Palaeo, or gluten-free chef, but at those who love to eat! I wan
Cooking Comically is one of the few cookbooks I have read all the way through! I love it and am so glad I bought it for my library (and will soon buy it for myself because, messy cook that I am, I can't cook with my library's copy).Tyler Capps is a graphic artist and author of the Cooking Comically website who may or may not resemble the stick figure chefs in his book. I want him to cook for me. His book is not aimed at the vegan, Palaeo, or gluten-free chef, but at those who love to eat! I want to make all 35 of his recipes, adjusting for my vegetarian proclivities. I confess that I have not made any of them yet, but will as soon as I buy my own copy of the book.
Capps explains each recipe graphically and artistically, including the groceries to be gathered, the difficulty level ("cook must be can-opener certified," "You are taking your life into your hands") the method, and the outcome, which is always drool-inspiring.
Despite the graphic-novel approach and innovate recipes and descriptions ("Damn Dirty Ape Bread" and "Well, that was messy as shit!"), Capp includes solid cooking wisdom, such as "overworked flour means tough pancakes" and "Boston butt isn't actually butt; it's the shoulder." And then there is the advice that "all food tastes better when chopped with a sword." Actually, it does.
Most recipes are fairly standard fare but I was so happy to see more challenging dishes, such as pulled pork, bread bowls ("like with yeast and everything; you're gonna see some serious shit"), and an emphasis on fresh ingredients (with an eye to economy).
An artistic and artistic gem, "Cooking Comically" includes shoutouts to Shredder, The Game of Thrones, Barry White, Miles Davis, and The Princess Bride. It has a muffin named for McGuffin and defines the term. It ponders philosophical questions such as "Have I ever told you the definition of insanity?" and makes jokes about cutting the cheese. The F word abounds.
Highly recommended for those with taste buds and a sense of humor.
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When describing the recipes, Ca
Really entertaining and educational! The book has a fun cover with photos of food and a cartoon stick figure with pans and a chef's hat. It's broken up into 5 sections: Appetizers and Sides, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Desserts and an index combined with metric conversions. Most sections have funny black and white comics which introduce each recipe. There are full color photographs that accompany each recipe with a difficulty scale and how many servings for each.When describing the recipes, Capps often uses swear words, which will definitely make teens giggle. He also gives a shopping list and notes for each section, which is very helpful. His sarcastic and snarky tone will resonate with teens, as will most of his pop culture references (i.e. Game of Thrones). I think this book would be good for visual learners who may not like reading written recipes. My only caution is that some recipes call for alcohol being used, but teens can either skip those or not use the alcohol when making them!
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The only reason this didn't get a five star rating is a petty one: I can't make easy copies of the recipes to pass along and share, and...well, that's sort of the point of a cookbook isn't it? Easily passing along or saving delicious sounding things to eat with those I think might like them? I realize that it was printed this way to s
I love Cooking Comically. I checked this out from the library and I will have to get my own copy, because I want to make basically every single recipe it contains.The only reason this didn't get a five star rating is a petty one: I can't make easy copies of the recipes to pass along and share, and...well, that's sort of the point of a cookbook isn't it? Easily passing along or saving delicious sounding things to eat with those I think might like them? I realize that it was printed this way to save the integrity of the comics and also to encourage people to buy the book, but a simple addition to the ingredients list at the back to include the instructions (albeit less amusingly)that could be copied would be greatly appreciated.
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I like that the pictures look like they are right in his kitchen without a single food wrangler in site.
I'm pretty sure I'm can-opener certified, and with a recipe difficulty that is on par with shoe tying, this book is a winner.I like that the pictures look like they are right in his kitchen without a single food wrangler in site.
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The recipes are pretty grease-heavy, but otherwise simple and useful.
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