Instagram has become a tremendous source of inspiration for me. I follow creatives, restaurateurs, chefs, bakers (and, if I’m being entirely honest, a few animal accounts as well) from all corners of the world. It’s like one big artistic collective in my feed and since I spend a lot of time on my own behind a computer, seeing other people’s work or vision of the world has made my own process feel less solitary.

One of the artists whose work I’ve completely fallen for is Jade Sheldon, an illustrator based in Portland who uses Instagram to share her creative process, delicious food photography and snapshots of her life with her husband with whom she runs the site Endlessly Enraptured.

I reached out to her to see if she might be interested in a collaboration involving – no surprise – illustrated interpretations of some of the pastries I’ve photographed and shared both on this site and on Instagram. A few weeks later and in my inbox arrived a joyous email from Jade with a handful of colorful, delectable illustrations to share. Above, she captured one of my favorite Pierre Hermé temptations. Below, a row of luscious éclairs from L’Eclair de Génie (all of…

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