6 Delicious Graphic Novels and Memoirs Spotlighting Food

My passion for food is a long-held one. On and off for decades, I helped in my family’s Maui restaurant, and I spent over 20 years serving tables, baristaing, and bartending elsewhere. As I moved again and again, local cuisine became one of the first ways I experienced a place. When I leave somewhere, I grieve dishes. Hawai‘i’s saimin and poke. Pasties from Michigan. West Virginia’s pepperoni rolls. Seafood gumbo, crawfish, and shrimp in myriad ways from the Gulf Coast. No matter your unique connection to food, it’s something we have in common. We spend our days orbiting food and the subject of it: devouring meals, snacking, fantasizing about a little treat, discussing our next feast with beloveds, and adding items to our shopping list. I wonder why food doesn’t appear more in literature, so I’m drawn—across genres and formats—to the books that feature it. While cooking or when served a dish, I snap pictures. Maybe that’s one reason why when I want to read about food, graphic novels and memoirs beckon me. Savor this list of six titles ranging from middle grade to adult titles. From fantasy, romance, nonfiction, and fiction with a touch of horror, something delectable awaits every r...