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What a nice cookbook! The material is well written and presented in an easy to follow manner. I look forward to trying out several of these recipes.

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Thank you Netgalley for letting me read and review this book. To Drink and to Eat is a graphic novel cookbook. You don't get to see a cookbook in graphic novel form often, and it's great. More books and cookbooks should be made into graphic novels. The art style was beautiful and I liked the recipes shared.

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The book did not live up to my expectations. Probably for a YA audience but definitely expected richer content from the description. I have no idea what the previous volumes were about.

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Loved the illustration and the way the recipes were presented. Such a fun and original way to include story and memories in each recipes

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Not as good as the previous volumes.
This is a bit too self-referencey for my tastes. Some of the ~charm~ of the last volumes are missing in this work.
While we do get some lovely recipes, stories, and tips there's something missing from this recent volume.

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Cute concept that I think would appeal to a lot of teens and young adults. Combining a graphic novel with a cookbook is unique and I think a lot would like this.

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I received a free e-copy of the book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I honestly didn't know what I was expecting from a cookbook in the from of a comic. But probably not what I got with this book.

I liked the idea of a recipe presented in a comic format but found the exection lacking - I didn't care for the drawing style. Some of the jokes were funny, but the majority of them left me indifferent.

I don't think I will be picking up any ofn the previous volumes of this series.

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'To Drink and to Eat Vol 3' with story and art by Guillaume Long is another outing in the world of a Parisian food columnist.

This time around the author has some fame, so there is quite a lot of self-referential humor, some things work better than others. The usual elements from the first two volumes are here like recipes and trips with friends and food.

I like this series, but I liked the first two volumes quite a bit more. Once the book settles in and stops making fun of itself, it got better, in my opinion.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Oni Press and NetGalley. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

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To Drink and to Eat is a cookbook blog meets a comic book. I love themed cookbooks and cooks that have recipes tied to a story. This book was somewhere in between those. The recipes aren't labeled like a cookbook and there really isn't a continuous story. It does remind me a bit of the Science Comics. There is a lot of information. I feel like there isn't enough information to recreate the recipes, especially for someone like me who is not experienced with cooking. Maybe someone who enjoys cooking would enjoy this more.

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Thank you to the author, Oni Press and NetGalley, for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I love cookbooks, and I also really enjoy graphic novels. This combination of the two is a bit uneven - I enjoyed the graphic novel part, i.e. the accounts of the author's travels, but did not find the recipes particularly well-done. As with Volume 2, the cover is fantastic, unfortunately the contents did not live up to my expectations.

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This book is made for foodies that wish to learn more. You have to love it, as Guilane takes us through some rather simple recipes and the history of food. What is there not to love?

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Many thanks to the author publisher and Net alley for a free ARC of this ebook.
I loved it. It's Bright, funny and totally absorbing. Great recipes.
5 stars

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This is the first volume of To Drink and To Eat that I've had the pleasure of reading and it was absolutely enjoyable. The jokes are great, the recipes sound wonderful and the description of all of the ingredients is very educational. I would highly recommend To Drink and To Eat and can't wait to go back and read through volumes 1 and 2.

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This book was very different than I expected. I hadn't read vol 1 or 2 so I have no context of the series. The book is colorful which is great but is also a bit chaotic and overwhelming to read. Some of the font decisions made it a bit hard to read.

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I love food! I love comics! To Drink and to Eat seemed like an obvious home run choice for me. But I did not enjoy this. I'm not sure how anyone could use this as a guide when cooking. I found it hard to follow even as a reader.

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Thank you to the Oni Press and NetGalley for the advanced electronic copy of this book. This book combines a graphic novel and recipes that readers can try for themselves. I liked the idea of presenting a cookbook in a graphic novel format. However, because it is part cookbook, I expected the images of food to be more appealing. The writing style did. It appeal to me, this making this book difficult to read.

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Guillaume Long has collected a lifetime of experience in To Drink and to Eat. With volume 3, we get more comedy, social commentary and of course delectable recipes. Each page brings a food combination you may never have imagined but are masterful nonetheless.

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This book has a nice range of art, from the cartoonish to the more detailed. A pleasure to read across all of the panels.

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If I was asked what the difference was between a cookbook and food writing, I'd hand over the "To Drink and to Eat" series. As the third book in this series, there's an assumption that the reader already knows about Guillaume Long, some of his peccadillos (beer and breaded fish being two), and that this is a translation from French.
For the returning reader, there is a final denouement for Burger King, amusing travel logs about a food convention in Madrid, and a visit to the French coast, and a lot of opinions.

If I would make a change in the book, I'd get rid of the Publisher (presented as a stereotypical 1970s "bad boss") sequence, but overall "To Drink and to Eat" is still amusing and informative.

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Not really my favorite. It's a cartoon style book and the recipes are within the story so you need to read the stories to understand the recipe. It just isn't for me, not very fan of this kind of humor or cartoons. But the drawings are pretty cool. I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review

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