Headnotes: Thoughts on Cookbook Design
Frances Abrantes Baca, Jenna HelwigHeadnotes: Thoughts on Cookbook Design is dedicated to essays, interviews, and visual galleries exploring the design and production of cookbooks and other exceptional books on food and drink.
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Headnotes Substack Live with Martin Sorge
’s new cookbook Great Bakes debuted this Tuesday, and I had the pleasure of speaking with him about its design. I met Martin a couple of years ago via his agent , who recommended me to design his proposal. We immediately hit it off and bega...
Taking Inventory
Dear Readers, today we’ll admire a range of cookbook covers that make great use of a design grid. You’ll find that some designs dutifully conform to it, while others are too exuberant to be contained. Please note that this post may be too l...
Ian Dingman Believes Cookbooks Should Never Be Boring
Dear Readers, today we’ll meet Ian Dingman, the man behind many of my favorite cookbook designs (and probably yours too). Please note that this post may be too long for some email providers, but you can click the subject line to read it on...
Reading (and Shooting) the Room
Dear Readers, today we’ll take a look through a few of my favorite restaurant cookbooks whose photographs are especially memorable. Please note that this post may be too long for some email providers, but you can click the subject line to r...
What Makes a Cookbook Cover Successful?
Dear Readers, in today’s post you’ll hear directly from several of my colleagues in the publishing industry about cover design. It’s a fascinating topic, and I’d love to know what strikes a chord for you here and what else you’re curious ab...
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Author of Headnotes: Thoughts on Cookbook Design. James Beard and IACP recognized book designer, creative director, and creative consultant with more than 20 years experience in the publishing industry.
Creator of the Cookbookery Collective Cookbook newsletter, author of The Foreign Correspondent's Wife—a historical mystery out Oct 20—and food director at Real Simple.
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