Synopses & Reviews
Over 100 of the most beautiful, influential and informative cookbooks of the past 300 yearsCompiled by a panel of experts in the fields of art, design, food and photography, Cookbook Book is an opus celebrating cookbooks of all shapes, sizes, languages and culinary traditions. From tried‐and‐true classics such as Larousse Gastronomique and Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child to surprising quirky choices such as The Mafia Cookbook and The Hawaiian Cookbook, each of these cookbooks has shaped, influenced or revolutionized home‐cooking in its own way. Includes translations and full recipes. The book features stand out, gorgeous photography and is essential for any collector of vintage cookbooks or for those that love food history.
Synopsis
Featuring 125 seminal cookbooks from the last 100 years, The Cookbook Book is a celebration of the world’s most beautiful, influential and informative cookbooks.
About the Author
Florian Böhm (1969) is an artist and photographer who lives and works in Munich. His conceptual photographic observations examine the modern perception of everyday life and enable a new reading of our contemporary culture. He has exhibited his work at numerous international institutions including Storefront for Art and Architecture (New York), Haus der Kunst (Munich) and Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain (Paris). Böhm's publications as author or editor include ENDCOMMERCIAL©, Reading the City (Hatje Cantz); KGID Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design (Phaidon) and Wait for Walk (Hatje Cantz).
Annahita Kamali is an art director and fashion designer based in Munich. She co‐edited the book Commedia dell’Arte – Couture Editions (Birkhauser 2010). In 2011, she founded the art/fashion project Filed Under / (www.filedunder.net) and a collection of her prints are currently being exhibited at Dover Street Market.