Get your copy at: www.thekitchenandthegardenpatch.com
Thanks to Eric for the photos.
Category: cookbook
Getting Inspired
Posted by – October 11, 2010
I’ve been continuing to work on the cover and inside illustrations for my cookbook The Kitchen and The Garden Patch
Here’s what’s been inspiring me lately. A little bit of deco, a little arts and crafts. Everything reminiscent of nature and all its beauty. Stylized but simplified floral illustrations and thin outlines, and big blocks of color. Everything from William Morris to Paul Poiret, from George Brandt to Felix Albrecht. And some more below:
I will keep you updated
Recipe Postcards from TKATGP
Posted by – October 6, 2010
3″ x 5″ recipe postcards for The Kitchen and The Garden Patch
designed for Vegan Day at Sober College
There are some leftovers that will be found at the release party.
The release party for TKATGP will be
at ME&Blue
566 Rose Avenue, Venice, California
Saturday, November 6, 2010
six to nine P.M.
An evening of pure vegetarian (vegan) treats, as well as the opportunity to receive a free gift with the purchase of The Kitchen and The Garden Patch cookbook (cash is preferred).
You are encouraged to bring a guest to participate in the festivities.
Yesterday, I hosted a Vegan Day at Sober College.
Posted by – September 30, 2010
Since the whole premise of my cook book The Kitchen and The Garden Patch is centered around becoming self-sufficient and improving your health by the means of a pure vegetarian (vegan) diet, the founder of Sober College thought it would be a great idea to host a Vegan Day for all of the staff and students.
Being in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction means starting a new lifestyle of cleansing the body and working towards health. While many of the students and staff have already started on a path to Vegetarianism/Veganism, there are some that are looking for a little help.
With the help of the wonderful staff, we prepared recipes from The Kitchen and The Garden Patch for lunch. It felt like a big family. The spread was so colorful, and everyone appreciated a nice home cooked meal.
The Creative Department at Sober College is also putting together a video and photos of Vegan Day. I can’t wait to see them. There’s some interviews, footage of preparing the food, and everyone enjoying it afterwards. Once I get pictures and video, I’ll be sure to post them here and on the book’s site too (www.thekitchenandthegardenpatch.com).
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By the way, The Kitchen & The Garden Patch is still available for pre-order until November 5th.
(A BIG thank you to everyone who has ordered so far.)
Here’s all of the goodies that you’ll get by pre-ordering:
• A signed copy of The Kitchen and The Garden Patch
• FREE Membership to the Recipe of the Month Club (One of my new recipes is mailed to you each month)
• FREE Vintage Gift (hand picked by yours truly) for the kitchen, to start your cooking journey off right
Excited? I would be too. You may choose to order below,
or on the top of the page at www.thekitchenandthegardenpatch.com
The Kitchen and The Garden Patch is available for Pre-Order Now!
Posted by – September 14, 2010
Your soon-to-be favorite Vegan Cookbook is now available for Pre-Order.
If you order a copy now, you will get:
• A signed copy of The Kitchen and The Garden Patch
• FREE Membership to the Recipe of the Month Club (One of my new recipes is mailed to you each month)
• FREE Vintage Gift (hand picked by yours truly) for the kitchen, to start your cooking journey off right
Excited? I would be too. You may choose to order below,
or on the top of the page at www.thekitchenandthegardenpatch.com
I’m a type nerd.
Posted by – September 9, 2010
Well, well, well. It’s finally time to put all of my hard efforts to good use. Months of cooking, perfecting, and compiling all of my recipes for my cookbook (The Kitchen and The Garden Patch).
This is the part I love just as much as cooking: designing. I’ve become immersed in completely in InDesign. Character/Object/Paragraph Styles (something I never much used before) are coming in handy.
And I’m loving working with Metallophile SP8. It’s gorgeous, AND it has fractions.
Ok, so I’m a bit of a type nerd. (But I secretly hope you are just as excited as I am.)
More news to come soon.
Current CookBook Inspirations
Posted by – April 6, 2010
Although I’ve been loving the 1920’s lately (in terms of hair, fashion and music), as far as cookbook art inspirations go, I’m enjoying a nice combo of art nouveau, art deco & the arts and crafts movement.
Trying to find nice colors and a font that is functional, yet matches the style and time period I’m going for.
All of those movements were so close to the 1920’s/30’s, so I’m tempted to use Metallophile because it is basically a distressed version of Futura. But I might end up going the arts and crafts route and using p22 morris golden
I’d Like To Keep Doing Interviews
Posted by – March 31, 2010
For The Kitchen & The Garden Patch
I’ve really been enjoying it.
If you, or someone you know, would be a good candidate, email helloATmelissabergenDOTcom
Please and Thank you.
And being vegan is not a requirement.
(See past interviews:
Brian Burke, Mastermind Behind the Cheese Crouton
My Boy, Vegan to Impress the Ladies
Grandma, Born and Raised in Beautiful Rural Vermont
Jerome, World-Traveling Veteran
Still thinking about type
Posted by – March 30, 2010
There’s a lot of really beautiful typefaces on Font Shop that have a very subtle distressing to them, to make the type look like it was printed the old-fashioned way. I want to use one of these in The Kitchen and The Garden Patch.
Inspired by William Morris, the designer/artist best known for his work in the Arts and Crafts movement, this typeface (P22 Morris Golden) is one of my top choices for now.
I’m also still leaning towards using Metallophile SP8 (see it here).