I received an ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for my unbiased opinion.

To Eat and To Drink features a collection of stories and a collection of recipes in graphic novel form. As I already follow one comic/recipes author that I love, I was excited to discover another one! However, this book just did not live up to expectations for me. I don't share the author's sense of humor, and to me, some of the recipes were not well explained. This will have a market; it just wasn't for me. My favorite part was the list at the end of a gift guide for foodies; there were many good suggestions!

Many thanks to the author, publishers and Netgalley for a free ARC of this ebook.
I loved this unusual cookery book. Its fun, different and well worth a read. It's a cartoon illustrated work of genius. The author has gone to such lengths to inform, illustrate and entertain. The translation is great too. I highly recommend it. 5 stars!

I love how this book started off with a comic and adore the illustrations throughout! The stories, humor, and illustrations were my favorite part about the book! I’m not entirely sure if I’d try or would be interested in trying every recipe, but I can already see myself cooking more French food. I’ve always found French food sophisticated and wrongly assumed that I wouldn’t ever have the right ingredients but Guillaume really guides the reader through. Overall, pretty good!

*Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for providing me with a complimentary eARC for review purposes*

This book had a good balance of recipes and anecdotes, I really enjoyed the illustrations and the definitions sections.

This was a clever, mischievous, and fun book. It is a truly a book of comics about cooking, with recipes. I enjoyed the stories in between the recipes and the different categorization of the recipes. It's definitely different, but would be a great gift for the chef who has everything.

When is the last time a cookbook made you laugh out loud? Never? I thought so. Well, I guarantee that after you read Pépé Roni’s advice on the mandolin, you’ll be smiling! To Drink and to Eat Vol. 2 is an outrageous, fantastic and offbeat series of cartoons, comics and drawings. It’s also a really good cookbook.

The recipes are organized creatively by seasons. They are interspersed with illustrated stories about trips, restaurant visits, local foods and advice. Delightful drawings tell of a visit to Stockholm and a yearning for Burger King after days of healthy Swedish meals. Responses to parents’ clichéd requests to eat everything on your plate are given as are directions on how to make beer. A key tells the cook what level of expertise is needed for each dish. There’s even a kitchen gift guide. It’s not your ordinary cookbook but the recipes are well written and you will laugh! 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Oni Press and Guillaume Long for this ARC.

What a fun genre mashup, part cookbook, part comic collection, this book is perfect for anyone who loves a good chuckle while they whip up an easy and delicious recipe. The illustrations make finding ingredients easy and the directions are very clear. This book makes cooking fun even for those who turn away from it and prefer take out.

When I request a book from NetGalley, I have high hopes that I will enjoy it. I have loved graphic novels that are cookbooks or food centric memoirs. I think communicating about food lends itself to illustration. Cartoonist Guillaume Long writes a culinary comic for Le Monde, “To Drink and To Eat.” While I wasn’t familiar with him, he is apparently well loved.

Unfortunately, Long got on the wrong foot with me by writing a jokey little story with recipe about Paul Gauguin moving to Tahiti because of peas and carrots. I realize the term pedophile gets thrown around a lot, but Paul Gauguin did actually sleep with, marry, and father children with young teenage girls. A one page recipe about peas and carrots with bacon did not need to include Paul Gauguin, or imply that adult women found him sexy. But Long chose to do that for whatever reason.

Even if Long hadn’t sprung an unnecessary Gauguin on me, his storytelling still wouldn’t have been my style. He makes fun of his African American friend’s Southern accent (she’s probably fine with it, I was annoyed). The whole joke about using spaghetti carbonara to pick up “dames” felt tiresome. He’s a middle aged white man from France who hasn’t been asked to interrogate his world view. A lot of people are fine with that and will be fine with To Eat and To Drink, Volume 2.

As for the recipes, they are pretty decent. Some of the ingredients are going to be a challenge for American kitchens. I thought his mother’s Danish style smoked salmon recipe looked good. The pickled cherries is definitely something I would try, my caveat being that in a more southern climate, you are going to want to keep your pickled cherries in the fridge, or go through a sterile canning process. It may have been the PDF format of the arc I was viewing, but sometimes the artwork and lettering made it hard to follow the recipe. I wouldn’t recommend this as an ebook.

Some people will enjoy this. It wasn’t for me. Thank you to NetGalley for giving me an arc in exchange for an honest review.

Humour and recipes mixed into a graphic novel setting. A light read more than a recipe book. Good for lovers of food, cooking, Parisian cafes and Sweden!

An absolute pleasure to read! The art is accessible and really lends itself well to the subject. I just noticed that this is Volume 2, I will seek out Volume 1 so I can get more of this artist/writer.

To Drink and to Eat Vol..2 is the second installment of the self titled graphic novel about food and the love of cooking. This graphic explores many unique french recipes that is accessible as you read the novel. And many of these recipes will surely make you salivate.

Guillaume Long truly expands his reach by adding a travel log in between the recipes for readers to enjoy. It is a delightful escape into the culinary world of french cooking. From my personal knowledge of french food is that it sits on the intimidating side of the culinary world. Many home cooks find french cooking to be up tight and full of rules that can only be mastered by chefs that trained for years to achieve the highest standard of the cuisine. With this graphic novel though Guillame Long introduces the french cuisine in a more approachable manner for homecooks that want to get their hands into trying a few recipes.

The beautiful art and the clever way the graphic novel is structured, readers will definitely get pulled into reading. There are some basic recipes in here for newbie cooks to learn at in my opinion is gradual and slowly adds difficulty as you go. It is definitely the most charming and unique cookbook to add to your kitchen shelf. Be ready to explore the french cuisine and elevate your taste buds!

My only critic for To Drink and to Eat Vol..2 is the font size, I had a hard time reading the text bubbles as I read it on my phone (iPhone 7+). The text could be a bit bigger but all in all I really enjoyed this book and I will definitely recommend it to my chef friends.

This was a fun read! The text was small and the font made it hard to read sometimes, but overall I had fun reading it. The way each recipe plays out with a story is cool. I really hope more volumes come soon!

An unorthodox approach to the usual cookbook. ‘To Drink and to Eat’ is a mixture of cookbook and comic and I thoroughly enjoyed this read. This book features a brief narrative relevant to the listed recipes and is accompanied by bright and vivid illustrations and a pinch of humour.

Regarding the food and structure of the book, the recipes are organised by seasons (Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter) sprinkled with little food-related anecdotes here and there. There is a table of recipes at the end should you look for a specific dish.

In terms of the layout, I feel like reading a physical copy would be optimal as the page may appear cluttered with all the speech bubbles and texts (I read this on my laptop as reading this on my phone would be a little difficult). Otherwise, the colours complimented the style well.

Overall, this is a unique and fun take on cooking.

Recommended for: fans of comic books, fans of cookbooks with a unique twist, people looking for an amusing read featuring food, visual learners wanting to cook

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Such a cute cookbook!! I loved the illustrations and the recipes are excellent and easy to make. I love the addition of humor with cooking!! Highly recommend!

4/5

***Special thanks to NetGalley and Oni Press for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review***

I really enjoy this book! The artwork is delightful and it is such a unique way of writing a cookbook! I absolutely love this. My only complaint is that some of it is a bit hard for me to read (but this problem would be fixed if you read it as a paperback copy).

I would recommend and want to read the prior book now!

I really liked the book , very humorous , wonderfully written. I really loved reading the book. Very well structured characters and very colour full book.
Recommended to children.

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Special thanks to NetGalley and Oni press for providing me with ARC.

I requested this book but found that i can't download it on my Kindle or NetGalley Shelf so what should i do? so disappointed.

This is a delightful escape into the culinary world. At first To Drink and Eat Vol. 2 reminded me of Relish which I loved for its combination of a fabulous graphic novel and a homage to food, but then it surprised me with travel logs and humor. In addition to the fun account of eating your way through Stockholm, having the Seasons of Spring and Summer defined in recipes is pure joy. The recipes are ranked by the difficulty of their preparation, but all of them make your mouth water- even the Beer Braised Rabbit which includes the ingredient of “one bunny”. There are also more recognizable recipes like Spaghetti Carbonara, Asparagus Tip Risotto with Parmesan, and Rice with Bacon and Spinach. There are helpful hints sprinkled throughout the book including “10 Simple Responses for When Someone Asks You to Clear Your Plate”. This book has an excellent mix of modern recipes and old school techniques. This is demonstrated in the “Select Gift Guide for Foodies” which lists products I did not even know existed such as a Garlic Mill. I highly recommend this book if you are looking to be educated on the art of cooking while being entertained by quirky illustrations like the “Burger Dance” at the same time.

This was an interesting book and I'm not exactly sure which category to use when ranking it. Inside you will find many charming comics and a couple of recipes. It was a refreshing look at the layout of a recipe and certainly has a lot of character. I'm not sure if I rate it as a comic book or a cook book. Cook books for me are often timeless and you have favourites you cook again and again, you reach for these books when you need to find some dinner inspiration and I'm not sure I'd be doing that with this quarky book. I would recommend this book as it was interesting the main issue I have is I don't know who the audience would be.

3/5 stars

I was initially drawn to this book because of the beautiful cover; in my opinion the illustration is impeccable. I also thought the idea was really innovative and original, because it is a mixture of comic and cooking book; there is a bit of storyline apart from the recipes and I had never seen that before. The illustrations of the inside of the book were also great and really funny sometimes. I enjoyed the storyline and the illustrations helped to understand the steps better, which sometimes can get confusing with cooking books. I’ll definitely be trying a few of these recipes.