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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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...
Favorite Summer Cookbook Covers with Jenna Helwig
Summer is usually a pretty quiet season for cookbook publishing, but this year’s summer books promise several beautiful—and a few daring—cover designs that and I shared during our Substack Live yesterday. We chatted for about 45 minutes, o...
And the Award Goes to...
Dear Readers, get your ballots ready, as we’re diving into the JBF nominations for the best book design of 2025. Please note that this post may be too long for some email providers, but you can click the subject line to read it on the Subst...
What Lies Inside, Outside, Around, and Beyond Peaks
Dear Readers, today we’ll be admiring a cookbook that feels like a fine dining version of Choose Your Own Adventure, complete with bubbling cauldrons and an enchanted castle.
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Setting the Scene
Seven prop stylists who invite us into their worlds.
Dear Readers, today’s “Notable Creatives” for Headnotes paid subscribers presents the work of several talented prop stylists. I included additional credits where I could find them, but p...
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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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