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Cookbooking: A Fan's Guide

by Debbie Berne

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Cookbooks as cultural objects

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Cookbooks as cultural objects

Debbie Berne’s guide looks beyond recipes to the books that have shaped cookbook culture. Its topics range from cookbook design and front matter to diet titles, French and hippie cookbooks, and books tied to television shows. Photographs, graphics, listicles, and brief writing give the subject a visual, browseable structure, with attention to why cookbooks become collectible and companionable as well as useful in the kitchen. The book frames cookbook history as a mix of publishing, food trends, and popular culture, offering a broad survey rather than a single culinary tradition or style of cooking.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Cookbook collectors interested in design and publishing history
  • Casual cookbook fans curious about the genre’s cultural reach
  • Food enthusiasts seeking a visual, browseable book about cookbooks

Themes

Cookbook design and publishingFood trends and popular cultureCollecting and the appeal of cookbooks

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Book overview

An eclectic, visually stunning pop-history, Cookbooking explores the most influential and beloved cookbooks through photographs, listicles, graphics, and snappy writing.

Subjects include: a visual history of cookbook design; what's the matter with front matter?; the diet cookbooks we've starved for; the proliferation of French cookbooks, hippie cookbooks, TV-show cookbooks. And so much more. In short, Cookbooking is a celebration of the genre and an exploration of what makes books filled with recipes so engaging, collectable, and such excellent companions in bed.

This is a book for cookbook collectors and casual fans alike. Whether you're looking for cool cookbooks to add to your shelf or searching for a unique gift to give the foodie in your life, Cookbooking is sure to surprise and delight.

  • A love letter to the cookbooks you already own: and an irresistible guide to the ones you'll want next
  • Visually stunning and endlessly browsable: packed with photographs, graphics, and snappy writing
  • The perfect gift for the cookbook obsessive in your life
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