Books

My first venture into writing books was a collaboration with my then-wife. She was a children’s book editor at a major publishing house in Chicago. We wrote two books, Look Who’s Cooking and The Cookie Cookbook. After years as a designer, art director, and creative director, in Chicago I moved back to Cape Cod, where I had a summer home, and transitioned into the food world. I started writing food features for the Boston Globe and styled the photos. It was a natural progression for me to become a food stylist. After high school, I studied art, painting, and design at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. This gave me a background in the visual arts. As a food stylist, I used the plate as my canvas for color, shapes, taste, and textures. In the Boston area, no photographer would hire me because I did not have a portfolio.
(My first solo book, on food styling, was the first devoted to the topic. Click here for more on food styling.)