Book Design and Print Management

The Jemima Code

Client
University of Texas Press, 2015

Awards
James Beard Foundation Book Award, 2016
New York Book Show, 2016
AUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Show, 2016

Hardcover | 9 × 11 inches | 264 pages | 285 color images

This book is a lavishly illustrated bibliography that showcases one of the world's largest private collections of African American cookbooks, ranging from rare nineteenth-century texts to modern classics.

For three months, I looked through the author's collection of more than 150 cookbooks, marking pages to be scanned and taking note of the vast array of visual styles. Getting to know the material so intimately greatly informed my design choices for the book.