A Chat With Chef Vivian Howard
Don Morris explains his design approach for Vivian’s awarding-winning Deep Run Roots cookbook.
PUBLISHING | ILLUSTRATION
Deep Run Roots
DMD CREATED A VERY PERSONAL package for Chef Vivian Howard’s heartfelt first cookbook. Howard is chef and co-owner of Chef & the Farmer in Kinston, NC and star of the award-winning PBS television series A Chef’s Life.
Combining Rex Miller’s documentary-style photography with Tatsuro Kiuchi’s painterly illustration and carefully chosen typography, best-selling Deep Run Roots swept the IACP Awards, winning in four categories (Cookbook of the Year, Julia Child First Book, Chefs & Restaurants, General Cookbook).


























Photographs by Rex Miller. Illustrations by Tatsuro Kiuchi.
Video footage courtesy of A Chef’s Life ©2017 Markay Media and Deep Run Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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