The Culinary Art Portfolio of Josephine E Jones is a coffee table art book and homage to food artist and manager at Kraft, Josephine Jones, written by her daughter, Wendy Jones. Due out 20th May, it's 71 pages and will be available in paperback format.
The book's 16 full page color photographs are perforated for framing. Each photograph is accompanied by a short commentary including some preparation information (not recipes, specifically), and recollections from the author about the photographs and her mother's career with Standard Brands (now Kraft Foods).
The book is quite interesting from a food styling and history perspective. The photographs, which date from 1977, are professionally rendered but very much a product of the time period. I enjoyed seeing some of the elaborate and artistic fruit arrangements and sculptures. It's a lovely book full of elegant photographs, but I would imagine it would have very limited re-readability.
Three and a half stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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