Feast of the Seven Fishes: The Collected Comic Strip and Italian Holiday Cookbook [Hardcover]

Robert Tinnell (Author), Alex Saviuk (Illustrator), Ed Piskor (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2005

The Italian-American Christmas Eve tradition comes to life in this popular online comic strip collected here for the first time, complete with a foreword by Steve Geppi and a cookbook for serving up your own Feast!

Editorial Reviews

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"...buy two of these books. First, it makes a great gift...Secondly, one copy must remain in your kitchen." -- Graffiti, December 14-20, 2005

"...sweet and funny tale of one family's Christmas Eve..." -- TheHungoverGourmet.com, December 2005

"...the drawings and story are wonderfully rendered...the food sounds delicious..." -- Epicurious.com, December 22, 2005

"I felt Tinnell had somehow seen our family's many Christmas Eve preparations...and had put our story into his book." -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette December 18, 2005

"This 'Feast' is bound to serve up entertainment...charming comic-strip tale of life, love, and baccala..." -- The Boston Globe, December 14, 2005

From the Publisher

2006 Eisner Award Nominee for Best Graphic Album - Reprint

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Allegheny Image Factory (November 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976928809
• ISBN-13: 978-0976928805
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #695,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Christmas Tale For The Modern Age, December 8, 2005

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S. Thornton (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Feast of the Seven Fishes: The Collected Comic Strip and Italian Holiday Cookbook (Hardcover)

In this age of detached irony and perennial coolness, Christmas has become about as hip as dinner with your Aunt Bertha. Kudos then to Robert Tinnell, Alex Saviuk and Ed Piskor, whose graphic novel "Feast of the Seven Fishes" captures the spirit of Christmas for a generation that doesn't quite know what to believe in anymore.

Part coming-of-age story, part loving remembrance, Feast balances humor, angst and joy in well-measured doses. Like life, the secret is not in the ultimate outcome, but in the journey itself. You'll spend time with characters that you'll swear you know (or wish you did). And you'll find yourself shaking your head in a "been there, done that" manner as this group of family and friends sorts out their relationships, past and present, over a memorable Christmas season from long ago. The story is told in a brisk and inviting manner-you'll learn a lot about this cantankerous clan in a short time and you'll find yourself wondering what happens after the story ends. That's the best compliment I can pay to any storytellers, graphic novel or not.

Smart without being smarmy, sentimental without being maudlin, Feast touches just the right Yuletide nerve. It may not make you believe in Santa Claus, but it will make you think about the years gone past, the people you've loved and the thread of tradition that holds it all together.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Celebration of the Celebration!, December 11, 2005

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Lspat - See all my reviews

This review is from: Feast of the Seven Fishes: The Collected Comic Strip and Italian Holiday Cookbook (Hardcover)

If you grew up Italian or another European ethnic, this will bring back great memories and you will become teary eyed as you remember those amazing immigrants, our Grandparents. The story is a realistic observation of the family celebration and the recipes are as authentic as you'll find for the traditional Italian Christmas Eve Feast. Those Italians never measured anything, they just put enough in until it feels right. You will see that the Tinnells put enough love into this book and it feels just right.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real Christmas story, December 19, 2005

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Scott M. J. Anderegg (Richmond, Va USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Feast of the Seven Fishes: The Collected Comic Strip and Italian Holiday Cookbook (Hardcover)

Anyone who grew up in an Italian family or married into an Italian family will love this book. Reading it made me hungry. It is a realist version of Moon Struck.