Cake - A Cookbook

By Maira Kalman and Barbara Scott-Goodman 

In Cake, Maira Kalman and food writer Barbara Scott-Goodman bring us a beautifully illustrated book dedicated to their love of cakes. Filled with Kalman’s inimitable illustrations and memories, from chocolate cake on a terrace in Tel Aviv as a child to a gorgeous pink cake enjoyed over Lucretius and Nietzsche in Rome. Sprinkled with seventeen mouthwatering recipes prepared by Scott-Goodman, Cake is a joyful and whimsical celebration of a timeless dessert.

“This small, stunningly designed book of less than 100 pages is a work of art, and its minimal prose reads like poetry . . . The prose is accompanied by Ms. Kalman’s beautifully expressive paintings—work she deems naive, cartoony, and humorous, but which is also mysterious, subtle, and wise. There is always cake, the eating of cake, and gathering around cake. There is love and loss, heartbreak, celebration, poignant and hilarious times—always with cake. One might assume that the recipes are mere props in such a book. But Ms. Scott-Goodman is an accomplished cookbook writer, and her 17 simple, festive, and pretty cakes make an elegantly curated collection of recipes that anyone might like to have in a little cookbook.” — Wall Street Journal 

Penguin Press, 2018, hardcover, 7.31 x 0.57 x 7.25 inches, 96 pages. 

Maira Kalman is an American artist, illustrator, writer, and designer known for her painting and writing about the human condition. She is the author and illustrator of over 30 books for adults and children, and her work is exhibited in museums around the world.