Our Work · Cookbooks
Cookbooks
Community, restaurant, and specialty cookbooks in color and black and white.
Cookbooks that combine color and black-and-white on quality stock, usually hardcover or heavy paperback, in an 8×10-ish trim.
Publishers and creators who print this work with us
“I love Bookmobile! You get reasonable cost with superior service.”
— Michael Gillespie, Montclair Art Museum
What makes it work
Cookbooks that look good and last in a kitchen
Color photography that makes food look right, durable bindings that stand up to a kitchen, and short runs for events, community, restaurant, and fundraising cookbooks.
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Food that looks right
Color photography printed so dishes look the way they should.
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Bindings that hold up
Durable hardcover and heavy paperback bindings that stand up to a kitchen.
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Community-sized runs
Short runs for events, community, restaurant, and fundraising cookbooks.
Samples
Cookbooks we’ve printed
Behind the books
- From Eat Street, with Love: Cookbook Printing
BlogFrom Eat Street, with Love: Stories and Recipes from Minneapolis’ Best Tasting Neighborhood is in its second printing at Bookmobile, after its first… - Color Printing: It’s Not Just for Art Books
BlogPerhaps it’s obvious, but here’s a reminder: Color printing is not just for art and photography books or journals and exhibition catalogs. We print a…

Bookmobile has repeatedly come up in conversation around the conference table as the printer that can provide a solution. Whether it’s quick turnaround for short runs, reliable paper stock, competitive pricing, or just ease of experience, Bookmobile is where I turn.
Danika Isdahl
Production Manager, Sarabande Books
Planning a cookbook?
Send us your trim, page count, and photo count. We’ll recommend paper and binding that will last.
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