OUGD404 - Studio Brief 2 Cookbook Research

I have a solid idea for my book now, which is going to be an indulgent cook book, with half savory and half sweet recipes. I just need to decide on an aesthetic for the book. I want it to look expensive and desirable, but it all has to flow and match. I decided to look for inspiration online:

































I need to decide whether to use food photography - which could be quite hard to achieve on my own, or draw some illustrations. I think the sort of aesthetic I want to go for would be something like this: 

I think these covers with the foil print look really expensive and well made. This is something I would hope to achieve when creating my book.