Venice between Kitchen and Atelier
by Zaira Zarotti (The Freaky Table)
I met Zaira while I was the Art Director of D la Repubblica. She was discovered through Instagram by one of my colleagues. Seeing how beautiful her work was, I called her to do features for the food section of the magazine. After leaving D in September 2020 and returning to Venice full time, I asked her if she ever thought about doing a cookbook. She enthusiastically replied that she had been working on an idea that was a reflection of her Venetian lifestyle in an artistic household, one that demonstrated the relationship between the kitchen and the artist studio and her research involving authentic – and often forgotten – recipes passed down through generations. Her evocative and poetic photographs in chiaroscuro remind us of Dutch paintings but with a contemporary twist. I brought the project to the publisher Elzeviro – produced, designed, translated and edited the English version. It was printed in Italy in September 2024.
352 pages, hard cover, bookmark ribbon
Text and photographs by Zaira Zarotti
Published in Italian “Venezia tra cucina e atelier”
and in English “Venice between Kitchen and Atelier”
To purchase the book online: www.elzeviroeditions.com or you can buy it directly from me with a 20% discount + the cost of shipping. Send me an email: studiopb@me.com and I will make sure you get a copy in a couple days.
To learn more about the author and photographer: www.zairazarotti.com