The Art of Fruit Desserts, from High Tide Press

$1,250.00

(High Tide Press) The Art of Fruit Desserts. Prints by John Ross * Recipes by Sam Joffe. East Hampton. New York. [2003.] n.p. 11.75” x 9”. Fruit wrappers used on the title pages are from Florence, Italy, and collected in 1958 and 1959. Collographs, printed from collage plates made from mat board, fabrics and other materials glued together with acrylic polymer gesso. Printed on 2 ply Rising museum board. Quotations and recipes are printed on Lenox 100 paper. Quotations are printed in Garamond Italic and recipes are set in Helvetica Lite. Both fonts are from the linotype machine. All images and text are printed on a Vandercook 219 proof press in the East Hampton print workshop of the High Tide Press. Sam Joffe printed some of the recipes, while most were printed by John Ross. Binding by James DiMarcantonio of wooden boards imitating fruit crates and two metal ring binding holders at the top. The back is double green cloth board joined with cloth which allows the book to stand upright to see the recipes (while cooking!). The metal rings allow the pages to turn easily. In a dark green cloth thick board slipcase with slips for the two metal rings.One in an edition of 36 copies signed by John Ross. Fine.

Charming quotations relating to a specific fruit by many poets through the ages precede the sections on the various fruits. Contents include sections on the apple, banana, blueberry, cherry, lemon, orange, peach, pear, plum, pineapple, and strawberry.

“A mutual passion for fruit pastries and cakes led John Ross and Sam Joffe to collaborate in this tribute to fruit desserts.The idea is simple; make a book that combines the art of printmaking and the art of baking. Sam is the baker, the recipes are his. John is the artist-printmaker, the visual images are his. Working together for the past three or four years has enabled both of them to appreciate the problems as well as the joys of their separate endeavors, a humbling yet gratifying experience.” - Introduction by Ross & Joffe.