write a cookbook

finally! After searching through all my recipes and cookbooks and looking at what my family likes, I’ve settled on a theme for my cookbook.

I even went so far as to do some marketing research and analysis through Google and Amazon and I think I’ve found a winner.

I have written down 2 recipes so far…

I asked people if they would buy a certain cookbook I was considering writing…

(Can’t say too much now!)

I presold four today and I haven’t even written it, luckily they know that but now I have to write it! LOL

Oh man what am I gonna do..

I have thought of a concept for a book and a friend joined me in the project, She is a talented illustrator and a good cook. The two of us meet once a month and exchange ideas.
I wrote the first draft for the first chapter.

...but now i need to start writing down what I actually cook since I don’t follow recipes…and often don’t make the same thing twice…I think this cookbook will appeal to men who insist on eating, demand food 24/7 and yet refuse to dice, slice or chop.

...been there…divorced that!

I think diary-cookbooks are such a hot item. Do people write those anymore? Many years ago, my mom and I found an old cookbook that belonged to my grandmother’s sister after she had passed away. Next to a recipe for some kind of hotcakes or buns, she had written a little note about her husband’s hot buns. Something kind of racy and also funny. It was so inspiring for me at the time, and I like the idea of life stories being woven into recipes for meals. What a novel idea.

I set a goal to complete four recipes per month. In March I completed four recipes. Let’s see how April goes.

I want to handwrite a personal cookbook of my favourite recipes

I have been tracking and writing down my recipes. I usually just get into the kitchen, and create based on my mood. People love coming over because they are excited to eat my food. So I figured i would start saving these recipes with the aim of one day publishing my own cookbook! I am unemployed at the mo. and really working towards it.

I decided I will start to write down the “recipe” of some of the things I make that turn out pretty good. I usually just throw stuff together, and don’t use cookbooks or recipe cards. So if my concoctions turn out good, I’ll make my own cookbook!