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Are personal recipes more usable?

January 10, 2013
Impressions

Mollie Katzen’s Moosewood Cookbook uses an open, visual layout that’s a lot like my handwritten recipe cards. People like that book in part because her tone is so friendly, but does the design actually make it more usable? And if so, why hasn’t anybody emulated it?

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On Substack: The Road to Jockey’s Ridge

My journal of hiking the North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail, with history, ecology, and whatever else the journey and the places inspire.

book cover: The Pirate Panther Princess
My novel The Pirate Panther Princess is now available in print! You can read a free preview of the first six chapters and buy the softcover via print-on-demand.

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