Aubergine, Tomato and Herbs

I did this art for a Ginger cookbook I illustrated for Chronicle some years ago. A fun project, a lovely book, with illustrations on just about every page. Makes me hungry. You? I used to do a lot more food illustrations. I miss it.

Half Title

This cookbook for Chronicle was one of the most enjoyable projects I've ever worked on. This was the half title, which is the page before the title page, an appetizer, an opportunity to play with lettering a little. It added nothing to the book. Just decoration––decorative fun. Like radishes you carve into rosebuds.

Ginger Cookies, etc.

I spent the weekend eating ginger cookies and watching some favorite old movies. I did this for Chronicle Books. Note the line is done with pen; that dates it to the early/mid '90s. I like brushed line better. I love doing title cartouches. I also collect books with illustrated title pages like this.

Ginger

In a previous century I was asked to illustrate a cookbook for Chronicle. The title was Ginger, and all the recipes were very gingery. I did not cook/mix/prepare everything in the book, but I did go rather overboard illustrating it, to the point where the art directors told me to stop or there wouldn't be room for text at all. I did a whole set of illustrations playing with the word Ginger. This one appeared on the half-title.