Today, at Thrift Town, I found a bag of pictures at the end of a knick-knack aisle. The bag turned out to be art prints and recipes fused into one. A great find for someone who loves recipes, art, and the politics of the 60's. (Because the designer/publisher participated in the
Free Speech Movement in Berkeley.)
Enclosed with the prints was a letter (looks like it was typed on a typewriter):
"These prints were once part of the folio "Thirty Recipes Suitable for Framing," published by St. Heironymous Press of Berkeley in 1970. The recipes were by
Alice Waters, collected from friends including
Lindsey Shere and me. The prints were designed and printed by
David Goines, who in 1968 had made his first poster for The Kitchen, my cookware shop on Shattuck Avenue, which operated until 1984. David's distinctive poster designs brought him national attention; Alice started restaurant
Chez Panisse (with my help in early years), which became the byword in fashionable cuisine. When the folio went out of print, prints that remined were put in my custody. This year they have been donated by the artist to benefit the University Art Museum. Apart from their lively designs and superb workmanship, they are emblematic of Early Taste in what has become Berkeley's persisting Culinary epoch.
--Gene Opton"
On google, this out of print book sold for $300. The bottom of each print has the copy right of 1968 st. heirenymous press - berkeley. I can't believe that I bought all 30 prints for $3.99. I cannot wait to frame these.
The pictures are a sampling of some of the prints. I know that they are dark, no flash, etc. etc. The pictures are white and not yellowing at all.
***After further reading, I learned that David Goines has made all the posters for Chez Panisse up to the most current one on the restaurant's website.
Light-up ghost I bought at a thrift store in Illinois for $1.99.
Light-up ghost I bought at a thrift store in Illinois for $1.99.
