A Cookbook for Big Children

Author: Alya Markova

Illustrator: Alya Markova

Year of publication: 2023

Publisher: List

Number of pages: 224

Format: 190 х 270, hardback

Age: 6+

ISBN: 978-619-772-200-0

A Cookbook for Big Kids is an original cookbook by Alya Markova containing 28 drawn recipes. Some of them are her own, others are interpretations of famous recipes, and a few are from Bulgarian cuisine. Alya makes cooking a fun experience. “This is a book for anyone who likes to eat and to have fun while cooking. For anyone who doesn’t think that being big doesn’t mean you’re not a kid – and that being a kid doesn’t necessarily mean you’re not also big,” says Alya.

The book is part of the exhibition Joy, Sadness and Hope. 25 Bulgarian Children’s Book Illustrators

Alya Markova

Alya Markova

Alya Markova divides her time between Bulgaria and Spain. A significant amount of her work as an illustrator is related to cooking. Since 2009, she has maintained a blog with drawn recipes, which sheturned into original books published in Spanish and Bulgarian between 2013 and 2023. Over the years, Markova has worked with some of the largest Spanish publishing houses, such as SM, Anaya, Edelvives, Santillana, and Oxford University Press, for which she has illustrated numerous textbooks and educational materials. Her three books dedicated to cooking have been highly praised by critics and have been awarded the prestigious Bulgarian Hristo G. Danov award, 2013,as well as the Gourmand Cookbook Awards in 2013 and 2023. Her new project is an autobiographical graphic novel.