Things to read when it's too hot to cook

By CASSANDRA LANDRY | August 15, 2012

CHEW

READ THIS IF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A COMIC AFICIONADO, A FOODIE, AND A CSI FREAK, AND CUPCAKE WARS JUST DOESN'T PACK ENOUGH HEAT FOR YOU. (DOES IT PACK ENOUGH HEAT FOR ANYBODY? LET'S BE REAL.)

So, here's the juice: an outbreak of bird flu kills 23 million Americans and all chicken and other poultry becomes illegal. This brings us to Tony Chu, a vice cop working for the Philly PD who agrees to skulk around a black market chicken restaurant for the FDA, in the hopes of tracking chicken smugglers. When Chu has a bowl of chicken soup, he discovers he's a "cibopath" — someone who can take a bite of anything (even people, people) and get a psychic sensation of what's happened to it. Layman and Guillory release a new issue each month, and Volume 5 just hit shelves in April, so newbies have a meaty stash to catch up on.

BEST PAIRED WITH CHICKEN! AND TURKEY! AND DUCK! THROW IN A CORNISH HEN FOR GOOD MEASURE, SINCE THAT POULTRY-LESS WORLD YOU'RE WADING THROUGH IS PRETTY GNARLY. YOU COULD BE EATING YOUR NEIGHBOR.

BY JOHN LAYMAN & ROB GUILLORY | IMAGE COMICS, $12.99

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