July 13, 2008Plus: She's AdorableEvery time someone talks to me about my cookbook, they mention the illustrations. Every single time! The illustrations were done by my wonderful friend, Amanda Chronister. She is so talented and her work sets the pace and the feel for the entire cookbook. I get super annoyed when I open a cookbook and there are dozens of vanity shots of the author. You know: there's the newly-ubiquitous one of them shopping at the farmers' market. Or the one that really gets my eyes rolling: doing yoga. DOING YOGA! I'm rolling my eyes right now just thinking about it. I'm of the opinion that a cookbook should have more pictures of the food than of the author. Shocking, I know. But I wanted to infuse a little of my personality at the same time, and having the illustrations accomplished that beautifully. Hire Amanda now now now!
posted by joanna @ 7:31 AM
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I completely agree about the annoying cookbooks that features more photos of the author than the food. The most notorious in my mind is Ani's Raw Food Kitchen. It's not just every couple of pages, it's her appearing like three times a page.
Aww. It makes me all giddy that you/everyone else like the illustrations so much. I'm happy to have contributed to such a kick-ass book by such a lovely person. <3
i couldn't agree more! i wanna see what the food looks like and one pic of the author is enough.