Chef Scott Clark's Coastal Cookbook Merges California Cuisine with Visual Design

Chef Scott Clark has released Coastal, a cookbook featuring 130 recipes and over 300 photographs that highlight California's culinary culture. The publication, recognized as a Best Cookbook of Spring 2025 by Eater, the Los Angeles Times, and Epicurious, blends accessible family cooking with visual storytelling. Organized around experiences like road trips and foraging, it presents dishes such as Dungeness Crab Rice and Fish Stick Hand Rolls. The book's design incorporates friendly typography and cinematic imagery, creating both a functional guide and a design object that celebrates the state's coastal lifestyle.