These are all cover illustrations for one of my oldest and favourite clients:

the Global Food History Journal.

Each cover illustration references an article featured in the journal.

July '25
"A North African Sheikh’s Ultimo Gusto: Abū ‘l-Fatḥ al-Tūnisī’s Poetic Defences of Coffee in Early Modern Damascus" — July '25 "A North African Sheikh’s Ultimo Gusto: Abū ‘l-Fatḥ al-Tūnisī’s Poetic Defences of Coffee in Early Modern Damascus"

March '25
"Colonizing Condiments: Culinary Experimentation and the Politics of Disgust in Early Modern Britain" — March '25 "Colonizing Condiments: Culinary Experimentation and the Politics of Disgust in Early Modern Britain"

November '24
"Early Encounters and Colonial Views of the Safu in Central Africa, Seventeenth-Twentieth centuries" — November '24 "Early Encounters and Colonial Views of the Safu in Central Africa, Seventeenth-Twentieth centuries"

July '24 "The Pioneer’s Feast: Colonial Menus in Italian East Africa"

March '24
"Camel Controversies and Pork Politics in British Mandate Palestine" — March '24 "Camel Controversies and Pork Politics in British Mandate Palestine"

November '23 "Food, Thrift, and Experiment in Early Modern England"

July '23
"Narrating Rampur’s Cuisine: Cookbooks, Forgotten Foods, and Culinary Memories" — July '23 "Narrating Rampur’s Cuisine: Cookbooks, Forgotten Foods, and Culinary Memories"

March '23
"Pastry for the Working Classes (Belgium, 1880-1914)" — March '23 "Pastry for the Working Classes (Belgium, 1880-1914)"

November '22
"Of Crayfish, Rice, and Anxiety: Agricultural
Modernization in Chongzhou, Sichuan" — November '22 "Of Crayfish, Rice, and Anxiety: Agricultural Modernization in Chongzhou, Sichuan"

July '22 "The Naked Barley Thorebygg and Norwegian Farmer’s Ale"

November '21 "Tastes in the Jade Flagons: Alcohol Tasting and the Reconstruction of Late Imperial Chinese Literati Identity, 15th-18th Centuries"

July '21
"Every Crumb of Cake: W.E.B. Du Bois, Food, Intimacy, and Feminism" — July '21 "Every Crumb of Cake: W.E.B. Du Bois, Food, Intimacy, and Feminism"

March '21 "Neither Gendered nor a Room: The Kitchen in Central Europe and the Masculinization of
Modernity, 1800-1900" — March '21 "Neither Gendered nor a Room: The Kitchen in Central Europe and the Masculinization of Modernity, 1800-1900"

November '20 "American Provisioning and the Environmental Impact on Islands in the Indian Ocean"

July '20 "What Is “Chinese” Food? Historicizing the Concept of Culinary Regionalism"

March '20 "The Rise of the Chef in Java"

November '19
"Foreign Kitchens, Foreign Lands: Middle Eastern Foodsheds for American Consumers" — November '19 "Foreign Kitchens, Foreign Lands: Middle Eastern Foodsheds for American Consumers"

March '19
"A Transnational Fiasco: Authenticity, Two Chiantis, and the Unimportance of Place" — March '19 "A Transnational Fiasco: Authenticity, Two Chiantis, and the Unimportance of Place"

November '18
"The Garden, the Library, the Body, and the Table: Ways of Knowing Food in John
Evelyn’s Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets" — November '18 "The Garden, the Library, the Body, and the Table: Ways of Knowing Food in John Evelyn’s Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets"

March '18 "Consuming the café colonial: German Ethnicity and Tourist Migrant Marketplaces in Southern Brazil"

September '17 "The Delectable and Dangerous: Durian and the Odors of Empire in Southeast Asia"

March '17 “Makanlah Nasi! (Eat Rice!)”: Colonial Cuisine and Popular Imperialism in
The Netherlands During the Twentieth Century" — March '17 “Makanlah Nasi! (Eat Rice!)”: Colonial Cuisine and Popular Imperialism in The Netherlands During the Twentieth Century"

“Beautiful and touching…what great cover art.”

“The picture's awesome (in my non-expert opinion).”

"Thanks for sharing this beautiful image. I got tears in my eyes when I saw it."

“Beautiful and touching…what great cover art.” “The picture's awesome (in my non-expert opinion).” "Thanks for sharing this beautiful image. I got tears in my eyes when I saw it."

“I am speechless; the image is striking and touching. It is beautiful. I had no idea my article would inspire the cover, I am very moved by that. It's particularly bittersweet because I am leaving academia and have begun job-searching... Thank you all so much for this experience.”

“I am speechless; the image is striking and touching. It is beautiful. I had no idea my article would inspire the cover, I am very moved by that. It's particularly bittersweet because I am leaving academia and have begun job-searching... Thank you all so much for this experience.”

"Love the complexity of the cover!"

"this cover is absolutely amazing — it is such a privilege to have one's research (all those days squinting at 17th c. handwriting!) depicted in such a visually stunning, meaningful, and impactful way. Thank you, thank you."

"Love the complexity of the cover!" "this cover is absolutely amazing — it is such a privilege to have one's research (all those days squinting at 17th c. handwriting!) depicted in such a visually stunning, meaningful, and impactful way. Thank you, thank you."

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