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Recipes for a Good Time
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Designed by
Michael Wholley
Category
Best Designed Cookbook
Year
2014
Publisher
Murdoch Books
Design Rationale

The impeccable and definitive style of Elvis and Ben led the design approach for Recipes for a Good Time. The style they project in their restaurants filters down into all aspects of their life – the cars they drive, the music they listen to, the way they dress – and that was something they really wanted reflected in the book. Taking cues from period recipe books, it was important that my Illustrations, the typography, and photographs, worked together to reflect the authentic lifestyle they lead with their families and friends that centres around great food.

Details
Dimensions
210 x 270 mm
No. pages
312
Special finishes
Grain embossed endpapers, Case bound, fully cased with white Wibalin over 3mm board, square back, 1 x black 4mm woven ribbon marker, h&t bands black & gold stripes. Case with 3 x foils and deboss
Credits
Photography
Anson Smart
Illustration
Anson Smart and Michael Wholley
Author
Ben Milgate and Elvis Abrahamowicz