Project Overview
Client: Taberna de Haro, Brookline, MA
Objective: Create an interactive Spanish tapas cookbook available via Apple Books, featuring high-quality video demonstrations that engage readers and replicate the immersive experience of dining at Taberna de Haro. This groundbreaking digital publication aimed to bring Spanish cuisine to a wider audience by combining expert culinary instruction with the convenience of a modern e-reading platform.
Scope of Work
Content Development:
Collaborated with Chef and Author Deborah Hansen to select and feature four signature tapas recipes, each showcasing authentic Spanish flavors and cooking techniques.
Crafted a narrative that guided readers through each dish, reflecting the vibrant culinary culture and atmosphere of the restaurant’s kitchen.
Video Production and Post-Production:
Utilized a multi-camera setup to capture the preparation process from multiple angles, ensuring readers could easily follow along.
Employed professional sound editing, color grading, and motion graphics to produce a visually engaging and acoustically rich viewer experience.
Interactive Book Design and Publishing:
Structured the cookbook using iBooks Author, integrating embedded videos, step-by-step instructions, and supplemental culinary insights.
Designed an intuitive layout that encouraged exploration, making it simple for users to navigate recipes, watch demonstration clips, and learn about featured ingredients.
Published and launched the interactive cookbook, “A White, A Red and a Spanish Spread”—the first installment in the “Taberna de Haro - Much Más!” series—on the Apple Books Store, making it accessible to a global audience.
Additional Notes
Throughout production, the team enjoyed not only filming and editing but also sampling the exquisite dishes prepared by Chef Hansen, adding an authentic layer of gastronomic passion to the final product.
Outcome
The result was a pioneering digital cookbook that combined culinary expertise, high-quality video production and interactive design. This innovative platform allowed food enthusiasts to experience the flavors and techniques of Spanish tapas cooking from the comfort of their homes, enhancing both the educational and culinary journey.
The result was a pioneering digital cookbook that combined culinary expertise, high-quality video production and interactive design. This innovative platform allowed food enthusiasts to experience the flavors and techniques of Spanish tapas cooking from the comfort of their homes, enhancing both the educational and culinary journey.
The Horizontal Cover Artwork for the interactive cook book - "A White, A Red and a Spanish Spread", Book one in the series, Taberna de Haro - Mucho Mas!.
Chef and owner of Taberna de Haro restaurant in Brookline Massachusetts, Author Deborah Hansen provides a fun and informative overview to preparing four authentic Spanish tapas dishes and provides accompanied wine recommendations with text, photos and HD Video!
Artwork for the iBook created from photographs of the outside painted wall mural and interior custom tile work, blended together with custom title graphic.
This is the first page of the Alcachofas can jamon recipe. Each recipe includes the traditional text for ingrediants and directions, but also includes a photo gallery of the process and HD Video of Chef Deborah Hansen preparing each of the dishes in the kitchen of Taberna de Haro! Wine recommendations are also provided in HD Video.
The cover for the second delicious tapas recipe - Ensalda de Pimientos asados.
The cover layout for Pollo al i pebre - please note the text for ingredients and directions are intentionally blurred.
The second page layout for Pollo al i pebre which displays the directions, photo gallery and main recipe video. All the Photo Gallery images and Video clips throughout the cook book can be viewed in place and also viewed full screen.
The cover for Peras al vino. All the background images are photographs from the Taberna de Haro restaurant and integrated throughout the interactive cook book for added visual style and cohesion.
The scond page of the Peras al vino recipe - carrying over the universal ergonomic layout structure.
The Wine Recommendation pages have detailed overviews and also include high quality video prepared and presented by Chef and Author Deborah Hansen at the Taberna de Haro Restaurant Bar.
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