Classic Cookbooks

Name: Classic Cookbooks
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SKU: 9781648961700
Price: 44.99 NZD
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1000 Piece Puzzle

By Richard Baker

Summary

Classic Cookbooks by Richard Baker delves into the humorous side of culinary adventures, highlighting the quirks and mishaps that can occur in the kitchen. With witty observations and light-hearted anecdotes, the book showcases the trials and triumphs of cooking, offering a charming blend of comedy and culinary culture. It’s perfect for anyone who appreciates both good food and a good laugh.
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Pieces

1,000

Format: Jigsaw

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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy witty and humorous takes on culinary adventures and classic recipes. Richard Baker adds a delightful twist to the world of cooking, making it perfect for those who love to laugh while exploring the art of cuisine. It's an ideal read for food enthusiasts with a taste for comedy.

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Description

A colourful collection of iconic and quirky vintage cookbook covers from artist and illustrator Richard Baker, a visual feast of a puzzle for bibliophiles and foodies alike.

Piece together your own colourful collection of vintage cookbook covers! Classic Cookbooks 1000-Piece Puzzle features artist Richard Baker's amazing paintings of beloved real cookbooks, both iconic like The Joy of Cooking, Mastering the French Kitchen, and The Dooky Chase Cookbook, and quirky, like Fabulous Fondues and Love & Knishes. Each book portrait captures the telltale signs of wear from years in the kitchen.

The perfect gift for foodies, home chefs, book lovers and collectors everywhere.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781648961700

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Piece Count: 1000 Pieces

Puzzle theme: Books, Food & drinks, Art, Colours

Format: Jigsaw

Date Published: 04 August 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton Architectural Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 213.0mm

Height: 289.0mm

Weight: 700g

Collections

1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzles Cook Books & Recipes Cooking & Food Food & Drink Puzzles Puzzles Richard Baker

About the Author

Richard Baker is a Brooklyn-based still-life painter who started painting dog-eared copies of vintage paperbacks several years ago. He scours used bookstores in search of appropriately careworn paperbacks to immortalize in his portraits: "No precious first editions, no rare things--just your common companions." He depicts paperback editions from the 1960s and ’70s, faithfully portraying not only the front cover’s original details, but also signs of its passage through time—creases, worn bindings, and all.

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