John Donohue| Artist and Founder of All the Restaurants Signing and Talk

Join John Donohue, Artist and Founder of All the Restaurants Signing and Talk at Oxford Exchange

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A Taste of London

A Taste of London is a visual exploration of the city’s food scene, featuring charming illustrations of the most delicious, meaningful, sentimental, romantic, and iconic restaurants of London.From the handsome dining rooms of Brawn to beloved institutions like Ciao Bella, writer and artist John Donohue renders people’s favorite restaurants in a manner that captures the emotional pull a certain place can have on the hearts of Londoners. A Taste of London is a collection of these drawings, characterized by their appealingly informal lines. These transportive images are intentionally spare, leaving the viewer room to layer on their own meaning and draw connections to their own memories of a place, of a time, of an atmosphere.Featuring an eclectic mix of 100 restaurants—from Moro to The River Café and Honey & Co—this charming collection of drawings is accompanied by interviews with the owners, chefs, and loyal patrons of these much-loved restaurants.

A Table in Paris

A visual exploration of the Paris dining scene, with stories, guides, and recommendations from everyday patrons and famous aficionados alikeParis is a city like no other, beloved by travelers the world over for its incomparable architecture, atmosphere, arts, and, of course, food. The restaurants of Paris are rich with history, culture, and flavor. Whether you're a frequent visitor to the City of Light with memories of your favorite meals or an armchair traveler dreaming of the cuisine you could discover there, A Table in Paris will take you on a delicious visual journey through the arrondissements that you'll never forget. In his signature loose and evocative style, artist John Donohue has rendered an incredible sampling of the iconic institutions, hidden gems, and everything in between that make the Paris dining scene one of a kind.
Guided by recommendations from a breadth of locals, visitors, and experts, you’ll discover the places one must visit and the dishes one must sample in pursuit of the perfect Parisian meal. The book also offers space for your Paris dining bucket list, food memories or dreams from each arrondissement, and notes on the establishments featured. Restaurants hold a powerful place in our hearts, and A Table in Paris is a must-have for anyone with epicurean visions of Paris in theirs.

The artist John Donohue is the founder of the website All the Restaurants, where he sells signed, limited-edition fine-art prints of his restaurant drawings. He started in his home city of New York in 2017 and has since visited Paris, London, the Napa Valley, Philadelphia, and other cities. Abrams published his first book of art, "All the Restaurants in New York," in 2019. "A Table in Paris" followed in 2021. "A Taste of London” came out in 2023. He works in ink, from life (standing in front of an establishment), making no corrections. He is also the editor of "Man with a Pan: Culinary Adventures of Fathers who Cook for their Families, a 2011 best-selling anthology featuring contributions by Mark Bittman, Mark Kurlansky, Stephen King, Jim Harrison, and many others. In 2022, Donohue had his first museum show at the Napa Valley Museum Yountville. Sales of his work help support restaurant workers, hunger-relief organizations, and arts-education initiatives. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughters and draws at least twice a day. His work is expertly printed by Ocean Art. Before becoming an artist, he was an editor at The New Yorker magazine, where he published a handful of cartoons in the early part of this century.

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