Happy Sunday friends! Today we have a very special treat for you.
We want to introduce you to the brother sister team of Nate Padavick and Salli Swindell. In February 2010 they launched They Draw & Cook with 8 recipes illustrated by friends and family. There are now almost 1,900 recipes by close to 1,000 artists around the world.
Winter Warmer Soup by Sarah Ward from Sheffield, UK http://gingerbred.co.uk
Their goal was to turn food into art and art into food and their experiment quickly became an online sensation. Thousands of visitors frequent their blog monthly and can play with the interactive world map of over 1900 recipes, submit an original recipe of their own, or “Dial-A-Dinner” for different suggestions on what to cook.
This October, They Draw & Cook; 107 Recipes Illustrated By Artists Around the World was released.
They Draw & Cook is loosely organized into recipes suitable for breakfast followed by appetizers, main courses, desserts, and drinks. Make a meal a swanky or simple affair by flipping through this cookbook for inspiration, but expect company while you cook with every recipe’s pithy cast of characters combining two parts wit for every part instruction.
And as if that wasn’t enough, a calendar, complete with recipes and illustrations was also just released! The calendar is made of 12 ribbon-tied extra thick pages that are 17.5 x 7 inches. When the month is over you can cut out the recipe and keep it forever!
This is the perfect gift for the food and art lover on your list this holiday season.
We are so thrilled to be teaming with Salli and Nate; they are generously giving away a copy of They Draw & Cook, a calendar and two (TWO!!!) fine art full-size recipes of YOUR CHOICE printed on fine art archival paper!!
To enter to win this amazing prize package you must do the following:
Comment on this post what you love most about Nate and Salli’s work.
For additional entries,
1. Follow They Draw & Cook on Twitter.
2. Follow Where Women Cook on Twitter.
3. Submit an original recipe to They Draw & Cook.
Please leave a separate comment for each entry.
Giveaway closes Wednesday, December 22, 2011 at 11:59 CST.
Of course while it is not necessary for entering the contest, we would love for you to take a moment and “like” They Draw & Cook, Where Women Cook and Jo Packham on Facebook! Good luck!
UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GIVEAWAY WINNER, MICHELLE KONDRICH!
I like that you can have an artist’s account that enables you to maintain your profile, and you can tell them how to send you royalties if any of your artwork is sold as a print.
I love the obvious-yet-underutilized combination of the arts of drawing and cooking. Beautiful stuff.
I love that it’s visually fun, which makes cooking seem really easy!
I follow Where Women Cook on Twitter.
I love the whimsical feel of the recipes and how fun and personal they look!
I don’t Tweet/Twitter — but I love this idea and did just like them on facebook and have already been a “liker” of Where Women Cook for some time. I hope this qualifies me — I’d love to win! Off to check out their site now!
I love love love the colors and the art although I might be so busy checking out the artwork that I won’t see the recipes : ).
I follow them on twitter now!
I adore They Draw and Cook! I am lucky enough to have two of my illustrations featured there. Nate and Salli’s book looks to be an amazing combo of visual and culinary art… would love to win a copy!
so much of fun & a visual treat!
I follow *Where Women Cook* on twitter now!
I love the idea of illustrating food recipes. Thanks to Nate and Salli for coming up with such a concept which is so inspiring in itself!
Such an original idea I love it!
I’ve been following them on twitter for a while!
I follow Where Women Cook
Love the idea and look forward to the recipes.
I adore They Draw and Cook and I’m looking forward to getting to know Where Women Cook, also! Thanks for the opportunity to win some great things.
Thanks for introducing me to this blog…I can’t wait to read more!
i adore what the folks at “they draw & cook” are doing!! i love everything i see in the book! their website is also very neat to navigate. being both a cook and an artist myself, i applaude and thank them for what they have created.
As someone who not only loves to cook and read cookbooks, but looks for the beauty in food, I was very excited to find out about this fun blog and cookbook. Food should be a multifaceted experience, enjoyed in the making, presenting and eating. Having a beautiful book to cook so adds to the enjoyment and this is a book I would love to have in my library.
I love the fact that it’s a global community. Beautiful design and delicious food - what can be bad?
I love the fact that drawings take you through a recipe rather than having to only read and follow the steps and I like simple recipes which don’t require exotic ingredients and I can find many of those too.
I follow They Draw and Cook on Twitter
I love Nate and Salli’s concept of TheyDrawandCook..combining art and food brings two of my favorite things together and to see so many representations of delicious recipes on their site is awesome. I’m an admirer of both of their amazing talents (design, illustration, lettering), but what has simply been the greatest thing since they’ve started this is getting to know how sincerely fabulous people they are. Generous to a fault and FUN to boot. They rock!
I love the fun drawings, and the way they make beautiful presentations of great recipes.
What fabulous work they have put together, love the fun style.
I love how spontaneous, creative and friendly they are!!!
What Nate and Sallie have done with “They Draw & Cook” is such a fresh and innovative way to share their passion for food and art. I was instantly addicted ! A piece of art from the site now beautifully adorns my dinning room.
I LOVE ‘They Draw & Cook.” This prize would be so much fun… I just released my cookbook, and The Draw & Cook is so packed with fun inspiration.
Followed The Draw & Cook on Twitter!
I love the color and the fun of making cooking easier and more visually appealing while it’s all being put together. Very nice!
I love seeing how other people visualize a recipe and comparing it to how I might have done it!
I’m such a huge fan of TDAC! I submitted something last holiday season. I haven’t had a chance to submit something lately, but it’s always in the back of my mind!
What gorgeous art! I’m usually not a very careful recipe follower, but I can’t take my eyes off of these visually delicious directions!
I love how the recipes are visualized without using photographs.
Follow They Draw & Cook on Twitter. CHECK!
Follow Where Women Cook on Twitter. CHECK!
I love the combination of artwork and recipes since I am an artist who loves to eat.
i love the creative recipes! the illustrations inspire me.
LOVE LOVE LOVE your project!!!!!!!!!!
I have enjoyed looking at every recipe at TDAC. Made only a couple, and perhaps read only a handful, but it is still so much fun! Maybe I will now be motivated enough to send in my entry which I had been thinking of doing for ever so long!
The variety of styles appeal to all my different interests, and my daughter’s, too. At 44 and 14, we can sit down to admire the fabulous artwork and then go cook up something delicious in the kitchen!
The artwork is incredible! What a fantastic idea. I’d love to win this. So creative, and so beautiful.
I follow They Draw & Cook on Twitter: @jarslikejam
I follow Where Women Cook on Twitter: @jarslikejam
I love the combination of art and food and how lively and delicious the drawings look!
I love their stuff! Their creations are so cheery and fun!
Wow…I wish I’d known of this sooner, but am glad I do now! LOL, I draw better than I cook, but this is inspiring! Have “liked” you on Facebook, because I do!
What an awesome idea. I love it all… how fun!
I always enjoy creativity, and combining passions such as cooking and drawing is inspiring and makes each recipe truly memorable! Keep up the good work.
I like the fact that they incorporate a fun, whimsical way into their introduction of recipes. I think even if the dish may be difficult I would want to try and make it just from the creative way it is featured.
MJ
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I follow WWC on Twitter already and proud of it!
MJ
Lucky 7 Design
I love the fun feel and look
I’m following Where Women Cook on Twitter
I’m following They Draw & Cook on Twitter
I love the drawings and how it makes the recipes more alive, more interesting!!
Cooking should be a work of art - and fun! These draw (excuse the pun!) you in and make you want to create what you see!!
Both loves together.
love this site…as a visual person and avid cook…this fits me to a t
I love this idea to go beyond the stale food photograph to showing the actual art that food can be
I love the calendar…beautiful work.