cookie sketch
Just a sketch, drawn in pencil, massaged in Adobe Illustrator — explained by the text at the top — but for those of you who celebrate Christmas, this is for all of you… Merry Christmas and a Happier New Year!!!
And if anyone wants the recipes for these, let me know! The Kremscnitten came from a friend of my Jewish Grandmother in Cincinnati, to my grandmother, to my mother, to me… they are a version of an Eastern European confection that I have never seen made this way anywhere else. The hamburger cookies came from one of Ron’s grad students, years ago. So ess, meyn kinder!
I tried to find Kremschnitten online and at first glance, none are like the cookie in your sketch. We’re writing you for the recipe. I always say that we don’t make Christmas cookies, but I have a fascination with meringue that pulls whenever I see it or think about it. Thanks for the post!
Hmmm, I don’t know about that name “Hamburger” cookie! It looks like raw meat with the pink icing… which I realize for some, raw is the preferred state of beef. For me (I am a vegetarian) a different title would make it a bit more appetizing! Along with a different color like lemon yellow:)
Your illustrations are so lively and fun – they remind me a bit of drawings in the first Moosewood Cookbook I got in maybe 1978. I also think the world craves simple illustration today, as evidenced in The New Yorker and the New York Times that often favor hand drawn illustrations over photos (ala Roz Chast, Chris Ware). I think this is because the smart phone has made everyone a photographer, but illustration is a level of expertise that only someone like you can pull off so beautifully. So simple, so fine!
Well, I have made a meager living for 30 years or so as a scientific illustrator; just consider this one of those!
Margy, I think what is different from scientific illustrations is your willingness to not specify detail, but just suggest it in this kind of drawing. Of course your handmade books are often more lyrical – yet based on some science. In any case, it’s always such a pleasure to see your illustrations!