{"product_id":"where-theres-smoke-theres-dinner-confessions-of-a-cartoonist-cook-9781603095679","title":"Where There's Smoke, There's Dinner: Confessions of a Cartoonist Cook","description":"\u003cb\u003eBursting with color, flavor, and messy emotions, this unprecedented graphic memoir blends comics with satirical recipes to explore the intersections of food, feminism, frustration, and family.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJennifer Hayden has never liked to cook. She's not particularly good at it, either. But, like so many of us...she does it anyway. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy is that? Where did these expectations come from? What happens if you don't live up to the ideal of the perfect wife\/mother\/chef? And would someone \u003ci\u003eplease\u003c\/i\u003e open a window before the fire department comes? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere There's Smoke, There's Dinner: Confessions of a Cartoonist Cook\u003c\/i\u003e is an accidental memoir from a woman whose comics earn rave reviews around the world but whose meals earn shrugs around the dinner table. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarinating in an unconventional and aromatic blend of formats, Hayden traces the nuances of her complicated relationship to food. Anecdotal comics alternate with wryly ironic \"recipes,\" peppered with oven fires, explosions, prayers, and incantations. Along the way, all the salty judgments and bitter frustrations just might caramelize into some real wisdom and self-acceptance. In any case, it's all hand-painted in mouth-watering color as a tribute to Hayden's love of cookbooks...or at least of the illustrations inside them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16599073\"\u003eJennifer Hayden\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Top Shelf Productions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 6.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603095679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1603095675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-CGN\"\u003eComics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-CGN004330\"\u003eFood\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-CGN\"\u003eComics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-CGN008000\"\u003eContemporary Women\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-CKB\"\u003eCooking\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-CKB030000\"\u003eEssays \u0026amp; Narratives\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Hayden\u003c\/b\u003e is the author and artist of the Eisner-nominated breast cancer memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Story of My Tits, \u003c\/i\u003e which has been translated into Italian, Spanish, and French. The French edition, \u003ci\u003eNénés Chéris, \u003c\/i\u003e was short-listed for \u003ci\u003eElle France'\u003c\/i\u003es 2022 comics grand prize. Hayden's first collection, \u003ci\u003eUnderwire, \u003c\/i\u003e was published in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Comics 2013\u003c\/i\u003e. She draws and cooks dinner in the woods of New Jersey and plans to use the proceeds of this book to hire a personal chef.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Top Shelf Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51534993129771,"sku":"9781603095679","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0884\/7966\/2379\/files\/top-shelf-productions-paperback-default-title-where-there-s-smoke-there-s-dinner-confessions-of-a-cartoonist-cook-42377605906731.jpg?v=1772740521","url":"https:\/\/www.txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/where-theres-smoke-theres-dinner-confessions-of-a-cartoonist-cook-9781603095679","provider":"TX CorrectionsBookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}