Absolutely Chocolate

An absolutely delicious project to work on for Fine Cooking. The book features photographs illustrating the sensuality of chocolate along side finished-dish shots.

Client: 
Taunton Press

Project: 
Branded cookbook

Alison Wilkes: Art director of photography; book designer

Sweety Pies

A collection of recipes and stories of the amazing women behind them. Along with their signature pies and baking secrets, these ladies dish out a large dose of life experience. The prop styling was carefully directed so that the images resonated with each story.

Client: 
Taunton Press

Project: 
Cookbook

Alison Wilkes: Art director of photography; book design

The Food You Crave

Food Network host Ellie Krieger’s first cookbook, which was a New York Times best-seller and won the IACP and James Beard Foundation awards for Best Cookbook with a Healthy Focus. The goal was to make healthy food look beautiful and inviting.

Client: 
Taunton Press

Project:
Cookbook

Alison Wilkes: Art director of location and food photography and talent

Cooking from the Garden

Originally proposed as a paperback using photographs from Kitchen Gardener magazine, we re-conceived it as a hardback book with a two-color interior and illustration developed on the same budget. As a result, the book was sold at Anthropologie stores and other retail outlets as well as through the usual book trade.

Client: 
Taunton Press

Project:
Cookbook

Alison Wilkes: Art direction of illustration and book design

The Chefs Collaborative Cookbook

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Chefs Collaborative, a driving force in supporting small farms, healthy food, and sustainable agriculture in the U.S. This book of recipes by some of America's best chefs translates the tenets of sustainable food production into actual recipes that most any home cook can prepare. This earthy subject was given a sophisticated and contemporary look.

Client: 
Taunton Press

Project:
Cookbook

Alison Wilkes: Art director of photography and design; cover design