PAPERPLATES

1. It’s All Good

   December 22, 2016
   The first book on the design “chopping block” is It’s All Good: Delicious, Easy Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great by Gwyneth Paltrow and Julia Turshen. Published in 2013 by Grand Central Life & Style, this might be one of the few cookbooks I bought for…

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2. A Survey of Cookbooks

   August 31, 2016
   I love to study the typography in cookbooks. Whenever I pick one up I immediately start poring over the type, analyzing the typefaces used; their relationships to one another; the varying levels of hierarchy created with different weights, widths and styles. Designer Charles Eames is quoted as saying: “The details…

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3. A Love of Cookbooks: Form and Function

   August 3, 2016
   Over the past ten years I have amassed a large collection of cookbooks. At the moment I have approximately 153, give or take a few stragglers on my nightstand. Why do I collect cookbooks? I love them because they combine the intensely practical with the incredibly sensual. Cookbooks celebrate something…

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