Food comics haven’t been around long enough to have a canon.
With food writing, you’re spoiled for choice if you want great food memoirs. M.F.K. Fisher, Michael Ruhlman, Ruth Reichl, Anthony Bourdain: Distinct personalities, distinct experiences, great writers all.
With her collection of comics essays Relish: My Life in the Kitchen, Lucy Knisley joins that crowd but adds a distinct sensibility. Part of it is…