'One of the 20 best food books of 2016' The GuardianSymmetryBreakfast is a beautiful cookbook for foodies and feeders who wonder why breakfast has to be out of a box. It's for people who love exploring diverse foods, those who get a kick out of hosting friends and family, and those who like making food look pretty on the plate. Through inspirational food and gorgeous photography, it explores what breakfast is and what it means to people around the world. From Hawaiian Loco Moco and Russian blini...
In September 2012, Vogue, the world's most influential fashion magazine, will celebrate its 120th Anniversary. Many of Vogue’s hundreds of gorgeous images have remained timeless. With work by photographers such as Steichen, Horst, Avedon, Penn, Newton, Leibovitz, Testino, Weber, among others, Vogue: The Editor’s Eye is a visual journey through the choices and images that have shaped fashion and the way it is interpreted inside and outside of the industry. On the other side of the lens, this book...
Meike Peters's site, Eat In My Kitchen, captures the way people like to eat now: fresh, seasonal food with a variety of influences. It combines a northern European practical attitude, from the author's German roots, with a rustic Mediterranean-inspired palate, from her summers in Malta. This highly anticipated cookbook is comprised of 100 recipes that celebrate the seasons and are awash with color. Indulge in the Radicchio, Peach, and Roasted Shallot Salad with Blue Cheese; Parsnip and Sweet Pot...
The Cookbook That Captures the Taste of Summer An unusual yet surprisingly common perennial, rhubarb is as versatile as it is iconic. With a subtle yet distinct tart, earthy flavor, it’s perfect as a sauce, in a drink, and, of course, baked in a pie. Rhubarb is a cookbook by food stylist Corrine Kozlak that features 50 tried & true recipes to please friends, neighbors, and the entire family. The author has compared, tested, and tasted every recipe, while professional food photographer Kevi...
Experience mouthwatering Southern baking—from humble home kitchens to innovative new Southern chefs. One of the world's richest culinary traditions comes to life through this essential cookbook from bestselling author Anne Byrn. With 200 recipes from 14 states and more than 150 photos, Baking in the American South has the biscuits, cornbread, cakes, and rolls that will help you bake like a Southerner, even if you aren't. Recipes can tell you volumes if you pay attention—the crops raised, langua...
Create sweet meals with this honey-themed cookbook, featuring 50 recipes complemented by full-color photographs of each dish. Around the globe and dating back to ancient times, honey has been considered “liquid gold” for its uses as a sweetener and as medicine. It is an obvious choice as a food ingredient, and honey’s naturally antibacterial, anti-inflammatory properties make it ideal for incorporating in spa treatments. Honey is a cookbook by Julia Rutland that features 50 recipes—from drink...
Yasmin Khan unlocks the flavors and fragrances of modern Palestine, from the sun-kissed pomegranate stalls of Akka, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, through evergreen oases of date plantations in the Jordan Valley, to the fading fish markets of Gaza City. Palestinian food is winningly fresh and bright, centered around colorful mezze dishes that feature the region’s bountiful eggplants, peppers, artichokes, and green beans; slow-cooked stews of chicken and lamb flavored with Palestinian bar...
A pocket-sized edition of the best-selling Great Pubs of London, this book celebrates London's most significant and historic pubs. For centuries, the pub has been an essential part of London's cultural and social fabric. This book takes readers through the doors of 25 historically and architecturally significant London pubs. Through photographs specially commissioned for this project, readers can explore these institutions--from snob screens to 400-hundred-year-old flagstone floors. Engaging tex...
A monument of the conceptual photobook. . . . It s the book itself that is the work of art, not the individual images. . . . Like most of the best conceptual photography, the idea is devastatingly simple on the surface, yet infinitely complex when you look beyond the surface. Gerry Badger, author of "The Photobook: A History"In 1973, renowned conceptual photographer Kenneth Josephson photographed a sliced loaf of bread from one end to the other to create "The Bread Book." A deceptively simple o...
Ode to Travel
by Patrick Trefz, Jim Denevan, David Kinch, and Christian Beamish
Life is all about creating unforgettable memories. And when you think about it, some of our most cherished memories are made around the table - whether it's at a wedding, a children's party, a birthday celebration, or simply the perfect summer evening in your garden. Love happens when we come together to share a meal. This is why table settings have become such a vital ingredient in our lives these past few years. No perfectly ironed white tablecloths, no panic about which knife and fork t...
Foodie and food photographer Eveline Boone shows you how to style a dish and make it look tasty, how you can take the most beautiful food photos with your camera or smartphone and the different composition techniques you can apply. With this book she proves that anyone can learn to take mouth-watering photographs as long as you have the right tools at hand.
Jikifu – A Japanese Aesthetics of Taste
by Shinichiro Ogata and Yoshiaki Nishino
Washoku, or Japanese cuisine, was registered for the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritages Program in 2013. Its transient beauty, with natural ingredients, refined techniques, and spatial sense, has been the object of Shinichiro Ogata's work throughout his career. In this beautifully produced book, he demonstrates the modern, innovative, but truly traditional aesthetic of washoku, as curated for the University Museum of the University of Tokyo. This collection of photography of Japanese cuisine,...
From the melée and muddle of Italy’s vinous past, Tuscany emerged triumphant. The world’s restaurants began to clamour for its Chianti and the Super Tuscan rebel-wines that captured the hearts, palates and pockets of any wine lover who sipped them. It found fame and fortune but had it gone too far…? On Tuscany’s authors unravel the truths of this enchanted vineyard – its tortured landscape of clashing mountains and upended seas, its mysterious Etruscan forebears, the Medici aristocrats and warri...
Feast Your Eyes (and Tantalize Your Followers) with Fantastic Food Styling! A lovely meal can look beautiful on the plate but what makes it truly standout? That's all in your lighting, the way you plate, the props you use, and the photographic theories you apply. In short, it's all in the art of food styling! Get your dishes camera-ready in an instant with celebrated food photographer and cook Julia Konovalova. Julia takes you behind the lens and delves into the cornerstones of food styling, i...