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Picture Cook: See. Make. Eat. by [Katie Shelly]

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Picture Cook: See. Make. Eat. Kindle Edition

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“Really great graphics” —Mark Bittman, The New York Times“An ingenious cookbook” —Mark Wilson, Fast Company: DesignRECIPES WITHOUT READINGWith illustrations instead of text, Picture Cook will reinvent the way you make food. Over 50 homey recipes are distilled into their most basic components, each rendered step-by-step in enchanting line drawings like nothing ever before seen in a cookbook.Covering everything from omelets and lasagna to chocolate cake, this cheery bunch of recipes will cure your kitchenphobia, delight the design lover in you and satisfy every tummy in your path. Including a visual tutorial on knife skills, illustrated metric conversion chart, and an index especially organized for various dietary needs, Picture Cook makes the perfect gift for budding chefs, college students, or any home cook in need of some visual inspiration.

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Ulysses Press
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December 3, 2013
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Katie Shelly is the Picture Cook. A graduate of Wesleyan University, she works in media production at the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum and lives in Manhattan. She lives her life the way she cooks — experimenting, improvising, loosely following the instructions, and with style. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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"An unusual, quirky book, with adorable illustrations, and solid, well tested recipes. A delight...This book is helping me cook more with my daughter." ―TheKitchn.com
“Really great graphic” ―Mark Bittman, The New York Times
“An ingenious cookbook” ―Mark Wilson, Fast Company: Design
"I totally loved the stripped-down graphics that Katie Shelly illustrated for Picture Cook: See. Make. Eat. I particularly enjoyed how Shelly presented basic dishes that could be adapted to different flavor palates, such as hummus and raita. The book contains enough staple recipes for a beginner cook, while still suggesting advanced variations for the more experienced." ―SeriousEats.com
--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00DY0OLNA
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ulysses Press (December 3, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 3, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 26037 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 59 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #2,550,913 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,620 in Culinary Arts & Techniques (Kindle Store)
- #3,213 in Courses & Dishes
- #3,755 in Comedic Dramas & Plays

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Katie Shelly is a media designer and native New Yorker. Her first book, Picture Cook, is a collection of fifty-seven recipes that completely re-invents the recipe format, rendering each recipe as a flowchart-like illustration that uses a minimum of words.

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Frank

Finally--something really new in cookbooks

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 10, 2013

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Picture Cook is such a unique concept for a cookbook. Not your average cookbook, by any means--this is truly a picture book--all recipes defined in drawing form. As an experienced cook, I looked at the recipes with such an appreciation for the simple, clear lay out. I truly wish I'd had such a book 40 years ago to help me understand the steps involved in a recipe. I can remember reading recipes, re-reading them, trying to understand concepts. Even now with the chefs on TV, the true mechanics of a recipe still have to be interpreted by the cook. Well, this is a book of understanding recipes through drawings; it breaks down the techniques of cooking into simple to understand steps.
The illustrations are so funny and clever, I don't want to give anything away, but the drawing of letting an item just stand is quite brilliant. While the author is witty and a very skilled illustrator, the recipes are great too--the author adds twists and tweaks to create a very contemporary compilation of recipes. Her White Lasagna illustrations may be the best way I've ever seen to describe the composition of a lasagna.

I think this would be an awesome grandparent/grandchild teaching cookbook to share--almost as a story book, with lots of fun to pictures to laugh at together. I think it's a great concept for the beginning cook--teenager, or someone going off to college--they will be entertained by the drawings and won't have to suffer through tedious written instructions which just seem vague to the new cook. I think this is a clever book for the experienced cook (who has a library of standard cookbooks). He/she can smile at the illustrations, enjoy the humor in them and learn some new recipes.

Finally!--something really new in cookbooks.

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Susie Derkins

My perfect cookbook!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 20, 2014

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A common complaint about cookbooks is there aren’t enough pictures. Boy howdy do I have a cookbook for those complainers! Picture Cook: See. Make. Eat. by Katie Shelly is a graphic cookbook where the recipes are drawn not written. Each recipe features drawings of the ingredients and the process of preparing the dish, with the instructions contained in the drawings. The recipes aren’t strict blueprints for perfect food, but more like a framework to experiment with. Instead of a recipe for tacos, she has “Some Thoughts on Tacos” featuring a huge variety of ingredients that you can combine in any way you want to create your perfect taco. People who are strict recipe followers probably won’t like this; it’s very loosey-goosey. Shelly does finish each recipe with a ribbon across the bottom of each page featuring the measurements and quantities of ingredients, so you aren’t totally out on a limb. If you want a taste of the cookbook (pun intended!), she has posted several preview recipes on her website.

In addition to the yummy food, I am totally smitten with Katie Shelly’s drawings. The lines are beautiful and clean, the colors bold, and the recipes very tempting. Cookbook innovation is pretty infrequent. People stopped trying to change it up once they figured out a standard format. And don’t get me wrong, that format is wonderfully efficient; but not all recipes have to be that way! This cookbook is beautiful, interesting, and delicious. Some cookbooks have a tone of haute cuisine, but Picture Cook is just an artist sharing her favorite recipes.

NB: This review was written for my work blog, Read @ MPL.

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Wearingveggies

A smart and creative cookbook for beginners

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 9, 2014

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Picture Cook builds your confidence and presents healthful cooking in an engaging way! This book would make a fantastic gift for someone who might be a little hesitant about cooking or a teen just getting into cooking. It also adds a nice angle to my collection of graphic novels.

It lays out every step of the cooking process in cartoon flow charts, leaving no guesswork on preparation. The clear visuals offer a detailed explanation of cooking, all in a snapshot. This is especially helpful when you are in the midst of cooking and you need to look for a step without having time to scan a paragraph of text. The illustrations are also better at capturing the details in recipes that traditional recipes leave out, such as cutting techniques and exact timing of ingredients. Each picture is definitely worth a thousand words!

My second favorite part of the book is the philosophy that seems to undergird the book. It promotes individuality and creativity for the reader; it doesn’t put forth a set of rules to follow, but rather, something like a roadmap for the reader to choose different options in the kitchen. As the author writes in the beginning of the book, “The following recipes are not intended as precise culinary blueprints. Instead they are meant to inspire improvisation, experimentation and play in the kitchen.” Picture Cook is one of the smartest cookbooks I have ever seen, and I think you will enjoy it!

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Gregory Fishbein

Very cool concept

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 30, 2014

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I've never seen a cookbook like this! This is definitely for the visual type of learner, because it is literally all pictures with very few words. It does take a little while to get acquainted with these type of instructions, but makes cooking much faster once you are familiar with it because a) you don't have to read long passages and b) you can easily glance at the pictures while cooking. Also, I love the way the index is organized for those of us with restricted diets (ex. vegan recipes, dairy-free recipes). Even though I love this new concept, I also miss being able to read the detail that written instructions offer, and even with all the illustrations it would be nice to see a photograph of the food. So I would love to see this book done with the addition of some of the traditional cook book traits. As it is this would be a great starter cook book for children to learn the art of cooking.

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Stevie B

Isn't this the way we all think?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 5, 2013

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Simplicity, no words, just the way we all think - in ideas. When a child can understand and perform, it can work for anything. Can I suggest one of these books for building airplanes or computing. Katie, you are special.

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Janet Caffrey

Not suitable for a child, but quirky and fun.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 21, 2019

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I bought this for a child and it’s certainly not suitable. It’s quirky but not really practical. The line drawings are really difficult to follow.

Sascha

Noch nicht erschienen, doch schon die Idee hat 5 Sterne verdient

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on June 3, 2013

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Deutsch: Ein komplett neu konzipiertes und hoch ästhetisches Konzept von Kochbüchern scheint uns zu erwarten.
Das Buch, über das ich auf den Seiten der Autorin, des Verlages und in social media viel gelesen habe, ist noch nicht erschienen. Es scheint aber super spannend zu werden.
Ich traue mich zu dieser frühen Aussage, da ein völlig neues Konzept die Grundlage des Buches bildet, die Ausstattung hervorragend zu werden verspricht und mein Interesse in höchstem Maß geweckt ist.
Schon allein für die Idee eines "gezeichneten" und bebilderten Kochens nach dem Prinzip "Malen nach Zahlen" hat das Buch fünf Sterne verdient - Näheres folgt, sobald ich es in Händen halte

English (shortened): The book isn't to buy till now. But have a look inside and look at the homepage of the author and distributor.
I guess: The highly innovative and new idea to "draw" a book about cooking concentrating of the visual aspect is worth to give five stars. I'll write more as soon as holding the book in my hands

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denis

I wouldnt buy it again

Reviewed in Italy 🇮🇹 on September 4, 2020

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I didnt like much the drawings. I had expected something cuter and more colorful but is a bit boring. Im sorry for my girl as this is a present for her.

Maria

No good if you can't read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 13, 2014

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I bought this for my brother in law who lives alone and can't read. Unfortunately there are pictures of the methods but none of the final dish, so he wont know what recipe is for what meal and so it is useless.

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