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Cooking is definitely one of those things where pictures can help, especially for inexperienced cooks. I like this comic book approach, but really nothing beats a good video. Watching Mark Bittman’s videos for recipes in his”The Minimalist” column in the NY Times has taught me a lot about cooking, as has watching the great two-DVD set of him taking on some of America’s best chefs with his minimalist approaches. There’s nothing like watching an experienced cook at work; you pick up all kinds of things that drawings or photographs can’t convey.

Sooo much better than the Wordless pancake recipe.

this is great. thanks for the link.

do you think “cheap thrills” refers to the r. crumb design for the big brother and the holding company album of the same name?

I’ve made postcards with my favorite recepies the same way – this desert is one of my favorites: you need chocolate, lychies and ginger: http://www.darwine.nl/weblog/downloads/recept.jpg

noice

a great example of this from yesteryear is len deighton’s action cook book – the book is a series of “cookstrips”, which are basically comic strip recipes drawn in what seems to me to be a very 60s style (sort of woodcut-y). they originally appeared in the observer.

You should always use a double-broiler to melt chocolate.

Reminds me of the discussion of the 9/11 graphic novel a week or two ago.

So, when are we going to see a 37signals graphic novel? ;-)

Here’s one I did in May for Judapest, a Budapest-based Jewish blog. It’s based on Wikipedia’s Matzo Brei article, with some added bits. I used photos taken during the cooking process and Photoshopped/Comic Lifed them. See if you can figure it out in spite of the Hungarian instructions.

Those are well done (no pun intended). If only a good comic existed for re-stringing a guitar….

It’s a great idea, but is anyone else bothered by the fact that the FOOD is doing the talking? (Check out the daily page to see more examples.)

And yes, I was always freaked out by the Charlie the Tuna commercials, too.

Deep Fried Live!

With Tako the Octopus: it’s marvelous! Who in the world would make a animated octopus movie explaining how to cook? It’s done with so much love – enjoy! http://8legged.com/