2 Slicing vegetables
7 Fumet de Poisson au VinBlanc
13 Sauce Hollandaise Sauce Béarnaise
48 Bavaroise & Charlotte Russe
My brief for the cover design of French Cooking for Men was to include one of Len Deighton’s landmark cookstrips, an essential ingredient of the book and something that would give a flavour of the delights to be sampled within. We also felt that the addition of the red, white and blue of the French tricolour gave the cover a certain je ne sais quoi.
We chose the ‘Potato’ cookstrip for the cover as it seemed to capture the very essence of this book’s friendly and approachable method of instruction. What better example could there be of transforming the mundane into a culinary marvel by way of some simple French magic?
Taking a lead from the author I sought after an illustration of a group of chefs that would reflect the book’s slightly playful title.
