LIVE BEAUTIFUL
BY ATHENA CALDERONEIn this best-selling design monograph, Athena Calderone invites readers inside a collection of deeply personal homes, exploring the creative process behind spaces that feel both intentional and lived in. Drawing from a global community of designers, tastemakers, and creative visionaries—including Jenna Lyons, Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent, and Roman and Williams—each home becomes a study in how instinct, memory, and narrative shape the environments we inhabit.
Through intimate conversations and careful observation, Calderone uncovers the initial spark that sets a design journey in motion. She thoughtfully unpacks the layers within each space, revealing how proportion, texture, and restraint come together to create rooms that resonate beyond aesthetics.
Photographed by Nicole Franzen, Live Beautiful is both a meditation on the art of living well and an invitation to approach the home as a reflection of one’s evolving identity.
Live Beautiful is published by ABRAMS and has sold over 400,000 copies.
COOK BEAUTIFUL
BY ATHENA CALDERONEFor Athena Calderone, food simply tastes better when it’s beautiful and made with love. In Cook Beautiful, she shares her signature approach to crafting meals that look as good as they taste. Each recipe is a delicious fusion of intuition—of color, texture, flavor, and, of course, beauty—that engages all the senses. Athena believes there is “an undeniable magic in the emotional power of a beautiful plate of food,” and she has long explored the idea that visual composition and extraordinary flavor can exist in harmony.
In Cook Beautiful, Athena invites readers into that philosophy. Organized by season, the book offers a collection of 100 recipes that celebrate simplicity, generosity, and the pleasures of gathering around the table. Long before a single bite passes our lips, we eat with our eyes first. Each dish is accompanied by a “Swoon Tip,” where Athena shares small but meaningful details—from preparation to plating—that help readers recreate beauty at home.
At its heart, Cook Beautiful lives at the intersection of design and food. It’s an exploration of how the everyday act of cooking can become something deeply considered yet wholly approachable. It’s an invitation to create meals that nourish, delight, and bring people together.
Cook Beautiful is published by ABRAMS and won a James Beard Award for photography, captured by Johnny Miller.