The Chef with the Sun Tattoo is a romantic cookbook told through recipes, photographs, and letters.

The book follows a relationship as it unfolds — through conversation, shared meals, and time spent in the kitchen. Recipes are part of the story rather than separate from it; food becomes a way of paying attention, of learning another person, of saying things that aren’t always spoken aloud. The photographs show not only the finished dishes, but the moments around them — light on a table, a page held open, a pause before eating.

This first volume is self-published in small batches and produced entirely by the author, from writing and photography to design and printing. It is meant to be handled and lived with: paper, ink, margins, and quiet considered as carefully as the food itself.

Written for adult readers, the book contains a romantic narrative woven throughout the recipes.