Not so long ago I completed some work for the brilliant and well respected food writer (and editor of the quarterly Fire & Knives) Tim Hayward’s first book, FOOD DIY.
In his own words “a handbook of smoking, curing, preserving, baking and other manly pursuits.”
It was only shortly after designing some stuff for a certified vegan company that I found myself elbow deep in indian ink contemplating butchery cuts and the idea of ham made from a beloved stripy fiend of the British countryside. And I was in my element!
FOOD DIY How to Make Your Own Everything: sausages to smoked salmon, sourdough to sloe gin, bacon to buns is published by Penguin imprint Fig Tree in July! Go pre-order your copy at your local bookstore or the usual places!
Here’s a look at the final cover I did:
