Cookbook Love Podcast (Maggie Green)

Hi everybody. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I’m excited to have an interview with Kae Lani Palmisano.  Kae Lani is an Emmy® Award-Winning TV Host, WHYY’s Check, Please! Philly, a restaurant series that invites viewers to experience all that the Philadelphia region’s lively and diverse dining scene has to offer.  In addition to hosting Check, Please! Philly, Kae Lani is the host and a writer on WHYY’s digital series, Delishtory, a YouTube show focusing on the history of food.  She is also a contributing Food & Travel Editor for USA TODAY 10Best, and Kae Lani has a collection of cookbooks from the Philadelphia area. Today we talk about her work with Check Please, her collection and favorite titles, and her tips for cookbook collectors who want to start a city-focused cookbook collection.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Kae Lani’s website

Check Please! Philly

Delishtory

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On today’s episode I enjoy an interview with Dorothy Kalins. Dorothy is the author of Kitchen Whisperers and an award-winning magazine editor, with experience as the founding editor of Metropolitan Home, founding editor-in-chief of Saveur, executive editor of Newsweek. She has collaborated on the production of many cookbooks, including David Tanis's bestselling A Platter of Figs, Michael Anthony's Gramercy Tavern Cookbook, and V is for Vegetables, Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook’s Beard-award winning Zahav, Israeli Soul, and many others. In 2018, she was honored with induction into the American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of Fame. Kalins was the first woman ever named Adweek's Editor of the Year, and in 2013, Kalins was voted into the James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who in Food & Beverage. On today’s episode Dorothy and I talk about:

*Food Media and the splash made by Saveur Magazine

*The inspiration for her new book The Kitchen Whisperers 

*The impact of kitchen and cooking on our connection with others

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Connect with Dorothy on Twitter @kalins

Visit Dorothy’s website: Dorothykalins.com 

Dorothy’s Book The Kitchen Whisperers

Join Confident Cookbook Writers Facebook Group

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Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast I feature an interview with Darien Gee. Darien is the founder and recipe curator for Friendship Bread Kitchen, a website dedicated to Amish Friendship Bread recipes and what you can make with one cup of starter. Darien has five novels published by Penguin Random House, including her novel, Friendship Bread, which was published in 11 countries. The heart of the Friendship Bread Kitchen is sharing what we have with others, as each recipe of Amish Friendship Bread yields two loaves, one for you and one for a friend. Today on the podcast Darien and I talk about her journey as a writer and her love of Amish Friendship Bread. 

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Friendship Bread Kitchen Darien’s website

Writing Prompts on Darien’s website

Friendship Bread novel

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Welcome to another episode of the podcast. I’m very excited today to have an interview with Grace Lin. If you're an aspiring cookbook writer who wants to share your recipes and stories in a print cookbook but you wonder all the things like if you have enough to put together a book, if your book would ever sell, if you should self- or traditionally-publish, if you need to know how to format the book, and how you would even captivate your readers then I’d like to invite you to next week’s Cookbook Curious LIVE Q&A Call. During this call, I will answer your questions about recipes, formatting, the profitability of writing a cookbook, and publishing paths. Head over to www.cookbookwritersacademy.com/curious to register for the call, and I hope to see you there.

Today on the podcast, I have an interview with Grace Lin. Grace Lin is an award-winning and NY Times bestselling author/illustrator of picture books, early readers, and middle-grade novels including her Newbery Honor novel  WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON and her Caldecott Honor picturebook A BIG MOONCAKE FOR LITTLE STAR. In 2016, Grace’s art was displayed at the White House, and President Obama’s office recognized Grace herself as a Champion of Change for Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling. Today on the podcast we meet Grace and listen to her story-telling as we discuss her recently published book  “Chinese Menu”  which tells the myths and legends behind your favorite Chinese restaurant dishes and what actually makes this food American. This podcast is a real treat because you’ll get to hear Grace tell some of the legends behind the dishes as well as her recommendation for the best cookbook for recreating these restaurant favorites at home.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Cookbook Curious LIVE Q&A Call

Grace Lin’s website 

The Complete Chinese Takeout Cookbook    

Chinese Homestyle: Everyday Plant-Based Recipes for Takeout, Dim Sum, Noodles, and More

In this episode to the podcast, Maggie interviews Kelsey Banfield of The Little Snack Newsletter. Kelsey shares about her love of organizing her cookbooks by color, what she learned from her mom about cookbooks, and more about her newsletter the Snack Cookbook Club. 

Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group

Cookbook Love Podcast Show Notes

Cookbook Love Podcast on Instagram

Green Apron on Instagram

Welcome to another episode of The Cookbook Love Podcast. I’m excited today to interview Cookbook Reader and Military Spouse Jenna Miller. Military family life most typically involves relocations. In this episode, Jenna discusses the locations her family has lived with her husband who is Active Duty Air Force. As a result of these relocations, Jenna has leaned on cookbooks for many reasons. Cookbooks help her recreate familiar foods when they were living overseas. Then when they moved back to the states, cookbooks helped her recreate the foods they experienced in Italy and around Europe. In order to keep the number of books that Jenna has to pack, ship, and move to a minimum, she is an avid user of her local public library. She enjoys the library for not only browsing new titles but for recipe development as well.  

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In today’s episode, I am excited to welcome Jonathan Stevens, co-owner of Hungry Ghost Bread in Northampton, Massachusetts, and the author of The Hungry Ghost Bread Book. Jonathan approaches sourdough bread with a unique philosophy: sourdough isn’t a style of bread—it is bread. His method revolves around three essential tenets: more hydration, more fermentation, and more heat in the oven.

Today on the show:

• Jonathan’s Philosophy on Sourdough:

• Why sourdough is the essence of bread, not just a style.

• Insights into his three tenets: more hydration, fermentation, and heat.

• Recipes and Inspiration from The Hungry Ghost Bread Book:

• Jonathan’s formulas honed over 30 years of working with sourdough for loaves, flatbreads, crackers, and more.

• How the book and bakery merge ancient bread-making traditions with modern techniques and favorite like cookies and scones.

• Jonathan’s Publishing Journey:

• The story behind getting a book deal and bringing his bread-making philosophy and formulas to print.

Whether you're a bread-making enthusiast or simply love the smell of fresh sourdough, I hope this episode inspires you to get baking. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Christmas Cookie Baking Guide by Maggie Green

Hungry Ghost Bread

The Hungry Ghost Bread Book

The Bread Builders: Hearth Loaves and Masonry Ovens

Flatbread and Flavors: A Baker’s Atlas by Naomi Duguid and Jeffrey Alford

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast - excited to be here to talk about cookbook publishing entitlement and expectations.. We often come to the table of publishing with expectations about how a publisher should act or react to what we send to them. We feel entitled to them responding or replying in a certain way or time to anything we submit to them and we let whether they respond or not dictate how we feel about ourselves and our projects. Today on the podcast I provide some insight about who publishers are and what they want from writers, and in turn what we can do to possibly attract a publisher into our life.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

World Central Kitchen

Chicago Manual of Style

Free Masterclass: How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook and Get it Published

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today, I have an interview with John Kanell. John is a former middle school math and science teacher with a knack for breaking down complicated problems. In 2015 he turned his attention to the kitchen and began creating content that empowers and inspires home cooks with his founding of Preppy Kitchen. Preppy Kitchen is now a nationally known cooking and baking destination where John used his decades of homegrown experience to provide knowledge and resources to create memorable recipes. For our interview today, John and I talk about his new book Preppy Kitchen Super Easy, which features his way of making simple everyday dishes that feel special. In the book, John reveals many riffs, swaps, variations, and make-ahead tips, all designed for busy families who want to have meals with a touch of elegance. 

Things We Mention In This Episode

Preppy Kitchen Website

Preppy Kitchen Super Easy

Cooking with Bon Appetit Set

Join the waitlist for Cookbooks on KDP

In this episode, I kick off a 5-part series Cookbooks From Scratch Series. In this series, I am here to talk to those of you who have never written a cookbook, never gotten published, believe that publishing is reserved for the professionals and that you have to sell your soul to a publisher to get your cookbook published. During the next five episodes, we’re going to explore truly starting from scratch without any professional cooking experience, nutrition training, or being published. I want to help you see that getting a cookbook published is totally something you can do. Permission granted. Today we’re going to explore Dream Your Idea. Here are the  6 questions we discuss in this episode:

1. What does your average day look like?
2. What are you doing for paid work?
3. Describe in detail your dream kitchen
4. Describe in detail how you will be promoting your cookbook.
5. Describe in detail your idea for the concept for your cookbook

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Free Masterclass: How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook and Get it Published

Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I’m excited to have an interview with Patricia Greenberg. Patricia is a best-selling cookbook author, dietitian, chef, fitness expert, wife and mom. In her work with Fitness Gourmet Patricia is ushering in a new era of bite-sized livable health, nutrition and fitness solutions. The Fitness Gourmet is a wellness consulting firm that specializes in teaching seminars nationwide. Patricia has a special interest in enhancing the education of the general public, through television, radio, and her web series, providing accurate nutrition and health information to today’s consumer which has had an impact on the lives and health of thousands of people. Today on the podcast we talk about Patricia’s four cookbooks, her journey through agent-assisted publishing to self-publishing, and Patricia’s belief in the power of storytelling in all of our writing. 

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The Fitness Gourmet

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Welcome to another episode of the podcast. One question I get asked frequently about cookbook writing is, “Is it worth it?” The cost of writing a cookbook could be broken down into the number of hours spent on the project and the money earned reduced to a dollars/hour amount, but what’s always missing from a discussion like that are the valuable, intangible benefits of writing a cookbook. To dive into this topic more, I decided to start this series How Cookbook Writers Get Paid. Today I have 2x cookbook author Georgia Freedman on the podcast. Georgia a freelance food and travel writer and recipe developer specializing primarily in Asian destinations and California-style home cooking. She is the author of Cooking South of the Clouds—Recipes and Stories from China’s Yunnan Province (Kyle, 2018) co-author of the cookbook The Chocolate Room—Recipes from Brooklyn’s Favorite Chocolate Cafe (Rizzoli, 2016).

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Georgia Freedman’s Website

There's Always Room for Chocolate: Recipes from Brooklyn's The Chocolate Room (Rizzoli, 2016)

Cooking South of the Clouds: Recipes and Stories from China's Yunnan Province (Kyle, 2018)

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Enjoy this episode of the podcast as we wrap up 2021 and head into 2022! 

If 2022 is going to be the year you write your cookbook, then this episode is for you.

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Hi everybody. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast I have a fun interview with  Cynthia Samanian. Cynthia is the Founder and CEO of Hidden Rhythm, an experiential marketing agency for natural food and wellness brands. Cynthia is the host of The Experiential Table podcast where Cynthia and her guests discuss why meaningful experiences are the key to a connected life. Cynthia is also a cookbook lover and the creator of the Cooking Class Business School. Cynthia’s parents immigrated from Iran during the late 1970s and she remembers having family and friends over for dinner as a way for her parents to create their own community in this rather foreign land. Today she does exactly this through her experiential marketing agency and while instructing her students inside the Cooking Class Business School.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Learn more about How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook during this free masterclass
Hidden Rhythm
Cooking Class Business School
America’s Test Kitchen Cookbook
Baby and Toddler Cookbook
Small Victories
Flavor Bible
Omnivore Books

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast. As I work on my next cookbook proposal, one thing that keeps coming up is that I am embarking on the long-game of cookbook publishing. From idea to a finished book, traditional publishing takes at least 18 - 24 months. That means the cookbook won't be "in my hands" for quite a while. How do you sustain the journey to a traditionally published book? That’s what we’re going to talk about today. 

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Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today, I have an interview with Food TV Executive Producer Karen Katz. Karen has worked on food television shows in various competition, lifestyle, documentary, reality, children's, and music/variety programming. She just completed her first book, GETTING SAUCED—How I Learned Everything I Know about Food from Working in TV, a memoir about her life behind the scenes in TV working with some beloved chefs: Emeril Lagasse, Julia Child, Bobby Flay, and Buddy Valastro, to name a few. Today on the podcast, Karen and I discuss why she wrote her memoir, what she learned from working in TV, highlights of her years at Food Network and why food shows are so popular. Karen also shares her advice with someone who wants to get on a cooking show, the value of promoting books on TV, and the inclusion of recipes in her memoir. 

Things We Mention In This Episode

Join waitlist for Cookbook on KDP

Getting Sauced with Karen Katz

The Katz Tales

Ripe Figs: Recipes and Stories from Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus

Tapas: A Taste of Spain in America

Writing a cookbook should not be a mysterious process. Also, writing a cookbook is not a project available only to celebrities and TV stars. If you have a passion for baking, nutrition, special diets, or cooking, and you have an audience who needs something you know about, then you can write a cookbook. Based on my experience with both my own and other author’s cookbook projects I’d like to dispel a few myths about writing a cookbook.

Myth #1

I need to have a successful food blog before I write a cookbook.

While a food blog might help with the promotion of a cookbook or it may provide the way that you connect with your audience, you do not have to have one prior to writing a cookbook. I have written two cookbooks, and am under contract for two more books, and I don’t have a food blog. I tried to start a food blog once, but it did not take long before I realized that I didn’t enjoy food photography. Also, I am interested more in cooking and building my business than I am in taking the time to learn how to photograph food. There are other cookbook authors who do not have a food blog. However, even if you don’t have a food blog, what you do need is a platform. This is how you connect with your audience and how your audience connects with you. If you are a consultant, speaker, cooking or baking teacher, food or nutrition writer, you have a connection with an audience even without a food blog. Agents and publishers like robust platforms, but this is not always specifically a food blog.

Myth #2

I cannot write a book because someone has already written about my topic.

Let’s put this myth to rest. Take a trip to a local bookstore or the Food, Cooking, and Wine section of cookbooks on Amazon.com and look at how many Italian cookbooks or cookie books or Paleo diet books are published and in print. Even if your topic has been written about before, there is room for you and your unique spin on the subject. That is the difference between your book and everyone else’s book – YOU! -and your unique approach to the topic. Insert yourself in any topic you write about and provide for your audience what they want and need in a way only you can. No one has written that book before.

Myth #3

I must have my cookbook published by a major publisher.

There are several routes to the publication of a cookbook. Large publishers look for authors with extensive, robust platforms. If you have that, then a larger publisher with nationwide distribution may be for you. However, I’d argue that small, regional publishers are worthy of your cookbook proposal as well. Smaller publishers create beautiful cookbooks generally on more regionally focused topics that are popular such as micro-cuisines as evidenced by the rise in interest in books about Appalachian cuisine and cooking. Mid-range and regional publishers also have wide distribution in smaller, boutique-like retails spots and non-traditional venues for cookbook sales. One of the best ways to get a feel for a publisher is to spend some time in a cookbook store or the cookbook section of a large bookstore. Browse the cookbooks and find out who publishes books that you like – the topic, the design, and the “feel” of the book. You can also browse the online book catalogs of publishers to get a feel for the cookbooks they are publishing this fall or spring.

Myth #4

I do not know enough to write a cookbook.

The best thing about working with food is that you always have something to learn. The day any of us thinks we have to know everything before we start our project is the day we get stuck and stalled in our writing. If you have an audience you can help, then give yourself permission to get started on your own cookbook project. I can say without a doubt that I learned the most about writing cookbooks, and about my topic, while in the midst of the research on a cookbook that I was under contract to write. I did not know everything before I started and wrote my proposals but knew I could always learn. I still don’t know it all, and I try not to let that lack of complete knowledge get in the way of my writing cookbooks. If every first-time cookbook author let their fears stand in the way, then we would have never seen a written book from many authors we know and love. Moreover, yes, there is always someone out there who knows more than you, but that is still not a good reason to get started, write your proposal, and research the topic for your cookbook.

Myth #5

I need to know how to photograph food and design my own book pages before I write a cookbook.

Your skillset is food, cooking, nutrition, or baking. Maybe you like food photography, and chances are you may have an interest in good design, but extensive knowledge of either of these skill sets is not a pre-requisite to writing a cookbook. I know I am too impatient to handle my own food photography, and I am not a graphic designer. However, I have a message about food and cooking that my audience needs. This is what’s most important. You do not need to know how to do every aspect of book publication to get started. Focus and excel at what you know best and communicate this to your publisher. Then, after you have a contract, and write your manuscript, they’ll assemble a team to put your cookbook together.

Hopefully, this helps dispel some myths about writing a cookbook.

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Download a copy of the Cookbook Publishing Roadmap

Please join our Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group

Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I want to talk about writing food memoirs. One of my private coaching clients is discerning the format of the food/cooking book she wants to write. Part of her wants to write a memoir and part of her a cookbook. One would be more story-driven, and the other more recipe-driven. She was then questioned whether she needed to write a book proposal for a memoir and wanted me to tell her what to do.

As a coach, I try to avoid telling my clients my opinion about what they should do. I believe that they have internal guidance that directs them what to do and helps them have their own back and feel good about their decision. So, I do feel that not giving a direct response is a challenge because that’s often what my coaching clients desire – someone to validate their next step. As a coach, I certainly want to facilitate their decision-making process, and let them create their own results. But, in this instance, I also wanted an informed answer, from someone in the trenches, about whether writing a book proposal for her book concept was necessary.

To get an informed answer, I emailed colleagues who are editors at traditional publishing houses and university presses. I asked them if they received a submission for a food memoir, would they expect to see a proposal or manuscript? Much to my delight, they all responded. (Never underestimate the power of asking and never be afraid to ask!) And here are their answers:

Editor #1: She needs to write a proposal but does not need to write a full manuscript.

Editor #2: I would advise the author to put together a proposal if possible. It is a wonderful and helpful exercise and ultimately will be a strong snapshot for a publisher or agent to gather information quickly about the project. It is important to include marketing thoughts and comparable books as well.

Editor #3: My recommendation would be to put together a book proposal first to solicit either an agent or a traditional publisher, whether or not she has a manuscript completed. When soliciting an agent or editor, they are going to be bogged down with submissions so even if she has a completed manuscript, a comprehensive proposal is going to be much more compelling to catch their eye. My recommendation would be to keep it simple but engaging (around 8-10 pages is about perfect because you can include a lot of important information without asking too much time of the agent/editor.)

Editor #4: A proposal is a way to go. That’s what literary agents and editors/publishers are going to want to see: an outline, sample chapter, author bio, competitive/comparative title overview, marketing strategy.

So if you’re reading this, and want to find a publisher for your cookbook or your food memoir or any work of non-fiction related to health, wellness, or food, write a proposal. Don’t write your entire manuscript. To read more about writing a proposal, here’s a bunch of blog posts that will be helpful to you:

Writing a Cookbook Proposal – 5 Tips for Success

Q & A: How Do I Write a Cookbook Proposal that Attracts Agents and Publishers?

Cookbook Proposals are Important

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Download a copy of the Cookbook Publishing Roadmap

Please join our Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group

Hi everybody. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. So today we’re going to explore what success looks like? What does success look like in others? Is it what we see? Cars, books, houses, boats, pools, jewelry, designer clothes, belonging to the right friend group, belonging to the right country club, doing the right social activities, helping the right organization? This is all the tangible things we can see from the outside in photos on social media. This is all based in judgement and comparison. We measure ourselves against them. We decide if we’re successful based on others measures of success. And in 2020 we’ve had no lack of ways we can look around and measure someone else’s success and then judge us to see if we measure up to them. Social media followers, the look of a brand, the number of books you’ve written, the number of books you’ve sold, the number of downloads on a podcast. So I ask you to write down what does success look like to you? And then we’ll define what a successful “day” looks like to me. So I challenge you to ask yourself, what do you think success looks like in other people? And what do you define as a successful day to you? Who are you being as a successful cook, reader, and writer? And are you building in parts of your life where you pay attention to who you are, the gift of your life, and what lights you up at the end of the day?

1. I’m alive. I woke up. If I’m alive, I know I’ve had a successful night. My body worked, I didn’t get woken up, I feel refreshed, I feel ready. I’m breathing. I’m alive. Huge success. Did you know that not everyone has the luxury of this success? Instead we hate mornings, hate getting up, hate our beds, our sleep, our rooms, etc.
2. I can walk and move to the coffee pot. I mean seriously, can you believe we even get to do this. My legs move me across the floor. Lately I’ve been walking every day around lunch time because I take different parts of me on a walk. One day I take my brain on a walk. Next day I take my legs on a walk. Then I take my business on a walk. I take my faith on a walk. And sometimes I take a friend or my sister on a walk and we talk to each other. So good. Success to me is being able to move. And then I get to take a shower. Huge success! I love the hot water, shampoo, soap, deodorant, perfume, and my sweaters, earring, jeans, and glasses. 
3. I have time, because I’m alive to sit for and drink my coffee and read and write. This starts to form the foundation of my life as a writer. Taking time to think and to create high-quality thoughts and ideas is foundational. 
4. I have a day to fill with impacting others in a positive way. Who did I connect with today and did I make their day better, because I’m having a good day. I teach, record podcasts, send text messages, answer in facebook groups, call family on the phone, write letters and notes. Cook meals, plan meals, plan gathering. My day is filled with activities that impact others. 
5. I can go to sleep at night. This is really key. I know when I’m not able to sleep, something is off track. Maybe it’s what I’m drinking or eating. Maybe it’s some relationship I need to clean up. Maybe I’m living too much in the future. Maybe I’m not being grateful and appreciative for what I have, which is a life where I can take care of me and make a positive impact on those around me - warren, kids, friends, mom, sisters, brother, extended family, students, email list, social media followers and you. 
6. We get to define our idea of success. And for me it’s not the things, it’s the experience of my life. The experience of my days. The experience of being alive in a ½ awesome ½ messy world where I’m ½ messy and ½ awesome and my family is ½ messy and ½ awesome and I get to decide how I want to show up. I can reevaluate how I want to show up. Life changes. Kids grow up. Pandemics happen. People die. There is sadness, for sure, but we totally have the ability to define what success means to us each day.

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Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. This week I am hosting a live training inside my community called Live Like a Writer. What a fantastic week we’ve had as I teach about the value of writers, the value of writing, and the value of our regular writing practice. Today on the podcast, I want to share with you all the process I  taught this week inside the training that you can apply to help you achieve any goal in your cookbook-loving life. 

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Do you want to learn how to get paid to write a cookbook?

On today’s episode I have an interview with Lea Ann Hugel. Lea Ann is a Customer Service Representative with Cookbook Specialists in Independence, Iowa. She specializes in assisting customers with creating custom cookbooks through self-publishing. With a diverse background in the print world for over 18 years she has specialized in cookbooks for the past 7. Cookbook Specialists provides self-publishing services to customers through the US. Today on the podcast, Lee Ann and I talk about how Cookbook Specialists helps some independent- or self-published authors including answering common questions about cookbook format, the copyright, ISBN, and barcodes, as well as what happens after Cookbook Specialists print the cookbooks and ships them to the customers. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Bowker ISBN

Cookbook Specialists

US Copyright Office 

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Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast I have an interview with Nutrition Communications Consultant and Culinary Nutritionist  Laura Ali. Laura has over 30 years of nutrition experience having worked in clinical, retail, and the consumer-packaged goods industry. Laura is passionate about teaching how food plays such a vital role in helping consumers age gracefully and live vibrant, active lives. She loves teaching about food and coming up with recipes and tips that showcase how easy it is to prepare healthy, delicious meals. She is the author of MIND Diet for Two: 65 Perfectly Portioned Recipes to Boost Your Brain Health. Today on the podcast we talk about recipe development in a professional test kitchen as well as in her home kitchen, how she found a publisher, how the pitch process works, and how Laura developed her concept for the book. 

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MIND Diet for Two: 65 Perfectly Portioned Recipes to Boost Your Brain Health

Joy of Cooking by Irma Rombauer

Free Masterclass: How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook and Get it Published

A basic list of ingredients is not copyright protected. (This is why Coca-Cola and KFC don’t share the ingredient list in their products.) That said, a writer’s expression of the list of ingredients as set forth in a recipe or a recipe collection (in a cookbook) is most often copyright protected. When a cookbook author writes a book, they have the privilege to determine their own recipe writing style. This style fits the author and communicates to the cook, consistently, what they are trying to convey in the book and recipes. On this episode of the podcast, I take a look at five cookbooks from my own collection and discuss the recipe style of the author. The goal of this episode is to share examples of recipe writing style. I also want to encourage cookbook collectors to look at the books in their collection each as a unique expression of the author. This episode may also be of interest to an aspiring cookbook and recipe writers as they determine their own recipe-writing style.

Welcome back to another episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. This is the first in a series I decided to call Search Your Collection. Today I want to talk about Endsheets. Endsheets, also know as endpapers, or ends, are the pages at the beginning and of a hardcover book that are used to glue the inside pages (known as the book block) to the hardcover of the book.  Decorated end sheets, while not very common in cookbooks are a relatively inexpensive enhancement to a cookbook. They have the ability to deliver helpful and useful information to the cookbook user, as well as a way to decorate and illustrate the cookbook. In today’s episode, I discuss endpapers and take a look at endpapers as I searched my own collection of cookbooks. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Endsheets defined
• The Fannie Farmer Cookbook
• Jewish Cooking in American Joan Nathan
• The Food Lab J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
• Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone Deborah Madison
• The Cooking of the Eastern Mediterranean Paula Wolfert
• Better Homes and Gardens
• Betty Crocker;s Picture Cook Book
• The Taste of Home Cookbook
• Please join our Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group
• Instagram @cookbooklovepodcast or @greenapron

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast - excited to be here to talk about my journey as a cookbook writer and 8 tips I’ve gathered along the way to help you write your cookbook and get it published. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Free Masterclass: How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook and Get it Published

Welcome back to another episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. Today’s topic is an offshoot of my episode last week with Literary Agent Maria Ribas. We talked about upcoming trends in cookbooks, and Maria mentioned illustrations. It’s hard to imagine that illustrations will replace photography, but in this episode, I take a look back to illustrated and hand-lettered cookbooks in my collection. My review of these books led me to the discovery that illustrations serve many purposes in cookbooks:  design, instruction of step-by-step processes, identification if ingredients or equipment, or in the case of To The Kings Taste, illustrations that displayed elaborate scenes of medieval dinners and kitchen tasks (such as stomping grapes, or churning butter) created from woodcuts.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Smoke and Spice by Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison
• Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking by Julie Sahni
• Moosewood Cookbook Anniversary Edition by Mollie Katzen
• Enchanted Broccoli Forest by Mollie Katzen
• To The King’s Taste by Lorna J. Sass
• Tassajara Cooking by Edward Espe Brown
• Join the waitlist for the next opening of the Cookbook Writers Academy
• Download checklist “Are You Ready to Write a Cookbook”
• Please join our Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group
• Instagram @cookbooklovepodcast or @greenapron

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today, on the podcast, I’m excited to talk to you about my experience with writing. I am a writer and love writing and reading about writers' routines. In my life, I employ ten writing practices that ensure I put my pen to paper daily and every week in many ways. In this episode, I will share behind-the-scenes strategies and tools that have helped me write every day for over 20 years and write and publish four cookbooks in seven years.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Join the waitlist for Cookbooks on KDP

Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group

Julia Cameron's The Artist’s Way

Julia Cameron’s Write For Life

Mead 5 Star Notebooks 6-Pack 

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast. I taught my Get Paid to Write a Cookbook workshop yesterday and we had a great time. Today I want to share three key takeaways from the workshop that will help you think about how your cookbook can earn money for your business. So if you’ve ever wondered how to turn your recipes into real revenue, this episode is for you. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

If you want to get paid to write a cookbook join us for the next cohort of Get Paid to Get Published 

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast, I’m excited to have an interview with Amy Myrdal Miller. Amy is an award-winning dietitian, culinary nutrition expert, and public speaker. Amy is the president of Farmer’s Daughter Consulting and was the collaborator on the 4th edition of Cooking a la Heart with Linda Hachfeld. Cooking a la Heart was first published in the early 1990s by Apple a Day Press and has sold well over 100,000 copies during its publication, from a comb-bound book to this new version with 500 easy and delicious recipes to help make every meal heart-healthy. Today on the podcast, Amy and I discuss her opportunity to co-author this book, her joys and frustrations of writing a cookbook, her belief in honoring food cultures, and her advice to cookbook writers.

Cookbook Love Podcast Interview with Professional Copyeditor Suzanne Faas

Cooking a la Heart 4th Edition

The Book of Bread by Judith and Evan Jones

Hi everyone and welcome back to another episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. Today I have a fun interview with Angela Grassi. Angela Grassi, MS, RDN, LDN is an internationally known nutrition and health expert on PCOS. Named one of the Top 10 Incredible RDNs making a difference by Today's Dietitian, Angela's knowledge, warmth, and charisma have made her the go-to nutritionist for women with PCOS. She provides nutrition consultations in person, phone or online to women around the world. Having PCOS herself, Angela knows how challenging living with this condition can be. She has dedicated her career to being on the leading-edge of helping women with PCOS improve their health and their lives through evidence-based nutrition. Angela is the co-author of The PCOS Nutrition Center Cookbook: 100 Easy and Delicious Whole Food Recipes To Beat PCOS and the bestselling, The PCOS Workbook: Your Guide to Complete Physical and Emotional Health. Angela’s other book, PCOS: The Dietitian’s Guide, now in its second edition, is the most comprehensive evidence-based nutrition resource available for PCOS. Today on the podcast we talk about Angela’s love of cookbooks and why she decided to set up her own self-publishing company, and how she self-published her very own cookbook, The PCOS Nutrition Center Cookbook.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• PCOS Nutrition Center
• PCOS Nutrition Center Cookbook
• Please join our Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group
• Let’s connect on Instagram @greenapron

On this episode of the podcast I’m excited to host an interview with Ashlie Stevens. Ashlie the deputy food editor at Salon.com and food writer whose work has appeared in and on NPR, Eater, Vice and National Geographic. In addition to her writing and editing,  Ashlie teaches classes about food writing and pitching. 

On this episode Ashlie shares a process as well as tips for food writers who want to get their food writing published in print or digital publications. On the podcast we talk about:

• What is pitching?
• What editors wish writers know about pitching and editors they pitch to?
• When is a good time to pitch?
• What to expect when pitching to publication?
• Interesting trends in pitching topics.

Enjoy this interview with Ashlie Stevens!

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Salon Deputy Food Editor Ashlie Stevens

Learn more about How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook during this free masterclass 

Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I’m excited to welcome Christine Dyan, The Money Mindset Dietitian to the podcast. Christine is also the creator & host of the “Make More Money as a Dietitian'' podcast and Founder/CEO of Christine Dyan International. Christine supports Registered Dietitians who desire to increase their earning potential so they can better market themselves and charge what their services are worth. Today on the show  Christine and I have a great discussion about  money, how our thoughts truly drive the results we’re getting when it comes to our money, and Christine’s tips for developing a better relationship with money. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Christine Dyan International
Learn more about How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook during this free masterclass 

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. I decided to record this episode back-to-back with Episode 230, so I don’t know the outcome of the Bengals game yet. But I thought I’d take advantage of my quiet morning here to record a podcast. I’ve been thinking a lot about the limits we place on ourselves in our businesses, lives, and relationships that don’t allow us to grow and live the fully active, creative lives we want to live. If your life feels same ol’, same ol’, or if you’re in a phase where your constantly searching for an answer to what the heck might be wrong, then stick with me today as we discuss four fears that often keep us stuck in our cooking writing and creative lives. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

The Big Leap by Gay Hendrix

Do you want to learn how to get paid to write a cookbook

The Defined Dish by Alex Snodgrass

Cooking From the Heart by Sam Choy

Follow @giftedpalatejill on Instagram  

Free Masterclass: How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook 

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today, on the podcast, I have an interview with Renato Poliafito. Renato is a James Beard-nominated pastry chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, designer, and entrepreneur living in Brooklyn, NY. After a career in graphic design and advertising, Renato traded in his laptop for an apron. In 2005, he opened the Red Hook flagship location of Baked, kicking off a culinary renaissance in the waterfront neighborhood and leading the wave of the new Brooklyn food movement. After more than a decade, Renato left Baked to get in touch with his roots. In 2019, he opened the doors of Ciao, Gloria in Prospect Heights. Renato was born to Sicilian immigrants in Queens and sees the restaurant as the ultimate expression of his Italian and American dual identities. His fifth cookbook, Dolci! American Baking with an Italian Accent is the book we talk about today. We discuss Renato's memories of his Italian/American heritage, his early love-hate relationship with Italy, favorite Italian and American sweet treats, skill at creating mash-up recipes, the inspiration for Dolci!, and his tips for home bakers who want to achieve delicious and successful baked goods and sweet treats in their kitchen. 

Things We Mention In This Episode

Ciao Gloria and Renato Poliafito

Dolci: American Baking with an Italian Accent

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat

The Complete Cook’s Country Cookbook

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. Today I’m excited to share an interview with cookbook collector and baker Tina Zaccardi. Tina is a mom, wife, NY Yankee fan, and competitive self-taught baker. Tina is also the winner of Season 4 Holiday Edition of The Great American Baking Show. Yes, she spent some time last fall in “The Tent”!  Tina has been baking for as long as she can remember, but it’s only within the past few years that this has become a passion. For Tina, baking is about making others happy! Today on the show we talk about Tina’s favorite baking cookbooks, some traditional Italian cookies, and the role of photography in providing visual clues about baked goods with which we are unfamiliar. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Tina Zaccardi 
• Follow Tina on Instagram @theitaliancookie and see her beautiful cookies!
• Download my free Cookbook Writing Roadmap
• Please join our Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group
• Let’s connect on Instagram @greenapron

Amy is a seasoned marketing & PR professional specializing in food/beverage, home and lifestyle markets. Amy’s expertise includes brand management, media relations, and experiential marketing. In addition to building strong social and digital programs, a key point of difference is her ability to build strategic alliances between brands, talent, retail, and charity partners. From developing national media tours to executing large scale special events, Amy has taken start-ups to the national stage while also growing nationally recognized brands like French’s Mustard, Frank’s RedHot and Perugina Chocolate. Amy is an active member of the New York Women’s Culinary Alliance (NYWCA) and the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) and has served as a Judge for the IACP Cookbook Awards and International Chocolate Awards.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• 3E Public Relations
• Amy Stern LinkedIn
• Apply for next session of Hungry For a Cookbook Mastermind Group
• Download a copy of my Cookbook Writing Roadmap
• Please join our Confident Cook and Writer Facebook Group
• Let’s connect on Instagram @greenapron

Welcome back to another episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. I’m excited to be sharing this new episode with you. I record a podcast episode every week and have done so since September. I want to first say that I’m so excited I jumped into this space to celebrate cookbook readers, buyers, collectors, writers, and clubs. Not many other podcasts are celebrating you.

My journey with cookbooks started with cookbook reading and has taken me on a path through cookbook editing and now writing 4 cookbooks of my own. I love writing cookbooks and there are several advantages I see to writing a cookbook over a food blog. I say this knowing there are many successful, professional food bloggers, but cookbooks suit me well (and they may suit you well too). For today’s episode, I share why I choose to write cookbooks over a food blog. Here is the list of whys - and in the episode, I explain each one in more details.

• Food photography is not my responsibility
• Cookbook manuscript writing is a finite project
• Cookbooks are portable and can be carried to events
• Participation in gifts and giveaways
• Status of working with a traditional publisher
• Prove to self could do it
• Attend Kentucky Book Fair (now called Kentucky Book Festival)
• Learn and help others in their kitchens
• Share simple, delicious food

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Kentucky Fresh Cookbook
• Tasting Kentucky: Favorite Recipes from the Bluegrass State
• Essential Pantry
• Essential Plant-Based Pantry
• Join the waitlist for the next opening of the Cookbook Writers Academy
• Download checklist “Are You Ready to Write a Cookbook”
• Please join our Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group
• Instagram @cookbooklovepodcast or @greenapron

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. Today I’m excited to talk to you about cookbooks from “a place”. This episode is inspired by a recent cookbook purchase about a restaurant The Noma Guide to Fermentation.  In Episode 50 I interviewed the co-founder of Cookbook Village Wendy Guerrin, and in that episode, Wendy talked about her love of vintage restaurant cookbooks.  This really got me thinking: many of my favorite books in my collection are cookbooks about “a place”. This came to light a few weeks ago when The Best Male Cook and I were moving my cookbook collection, stack by stack, off of the shelves, because we were painting my office. As we moved the books, I kept talking about the books: favorite books, where we bought some of the books, gifts I’d been given, etc. Thus, the inspiration for this show: talk about favorite cookbooks from “a place”. I have been trying to figure out why I love these types of books and the best way for me to describe it is because a book from “a place” like a cafe, market, restaurant, or meditation center, is like a book of business secrets. When a business publishes a book of recipes from their business, they are adding an asset to their business. And this book contains the formula for the very thing that makes their business tick: the food. But here’s the funny thing: publishing a book of their recipes ADDS to the business, it doesn’t subtract. It gives them a place to reveal what they do, yet people still walk through the door to buy their soups, salads, cakes, schnitzel, and bread. That’s because a restaurant or cafe isn’t just about the recipes, it’s about the experience and about us being willing to trade our money for the value a good cafe, market, or restaurant offers: delicious, prepared food served well in an environment that we love. And, a restaurant or market cookbook extends the story of the place far beyond the boundaries of a town or city. It extends it across the world I haven’t ever eaten at Noma. But I have read their cookbook. And that’s what cookbooks do, they transport us to a place we’ve been, or back to a place we haven’t been, to enjoy the food and stories of the place, and to experience in print, what their cooks, bakers, and chefs offer in real life. So enjoy this episode as I take a journey through cookbooks in my collection from “a place”.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Zingerman’s Guide to Good Eating by Ari Weinzweig
• Cafe Beaujolais by Margaret Fox
• Mary Jo’s Cuisine Cookbook by Mary Jo McMillan
• The Berghoff Family Cookbook by Caryn Berghoff
• Buxton Hall BBQ Book of Smoke by Elliott Moss
• Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen
• Noma Guide to Fermentation by Rene Redzepi and David Zilber
• the Tassajara Bread Book by Edward Espe Brown 
• Check out the show notes for this episode
• Please join our Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group
• Instagram @cookbooklovepodcast or @greenapron

Welcome to another episode of the podcast. With the beginning of the school year, I wanted to talk about 20 things we can do to start the school year - to learn something new and grow into a new project or create a new habit. 

Give yourself some time to complete this exercise. This is the kind of stuff I like to reflect on as I embark on a new school year. I hope you enjoy this reflection.

1. Write down everything you have accomplished this past 12 months.
2. Pat yourself on the back. Tell yourself the story of how awesome you are to accomplish all of that.
3. Write down the name of three people who helped you become the person you are today.
4. Write them a note of appreciation.
5. Write on a piece of paper the story you tell yourself about not being worthy of becoming a writer, author, or business owner, or whatever you dream of doing.
6. Burn this story in the next neighborhood firepit gathering or in your fireplace. Your worthiness is never questioned. Ever. You were born worthy. The end.
7. Practice telling yourself this every morning. 
8. Write down something you wanted to accomplish yesterday, but didn’t.
9. Write down the reason you didn’t accomplish this. 
10. Take a look at this reason. If your reason is one that crops up ever so rarely, like, “My son had a fever of 103F and I sat with him and watched movies” then as a mom tell yourself, “I was standing where you were supposed to be standing” as Ron Rohlheiser says. You were doing what you needed to do. This happens rarely so all is well.
11. If your reason for not doing what you want to do repeats and repeats itself over and over in your life, reasons like “I didn’t want to”, “I’m too busy”, or “I decided it wouldn’t matter”, “I don’t have enough time”, then….
12. Understand that sometimes we have to feel discomfort (negative emotion) to get to our dreams of becoming a writer, decluttering our closet, drinking less, or losing weight. And acknowledge that the real reason we don’t write, declutter, drink less, or lose weight is because of how it makes us feel to change and do something different.
13. Write a letter to time. Tell time how you feel about it. 
14. Reflect on this: Time is truly finite and the one finite thing we have - the minutes of our lives. Are you using the minutes of your life to make a difference? Or watching others make a difference?
15.  Update your Instagram app. In the top right corner of the updated app, tap and set the timer to alert you when you’ve been in IG for 15 minutes/day. IG is fun and I use it too, but in this new school year let’s get back to living our lives and not watching others live their life. 
16. Write a list of the recipes you love to cook and bake that everyone asks you for. You know - the recipes that make you the hit of the family, neighborhood, or office party.
17. How can you package and monetize these recipes? Maybe write a short PDF eBook for your website, or consider a print cookbook project.
18. Write down one habit you need to break or start for this school year. 
19. Write down 10 reasons you can’t break that habit. Write down 10 reasons you need to break the habit. Decide which list wins.
20. Every morning, write down in your new notebook all your thoughts. Get them out. Then decide if your thoughts are helping you take action to be the person you want to be, or are your thoughts causing inaction? Or are you just reacting? Did you know you can change your thoughts to take the action you want to take to get the results you want to get? Lifechanging for sure.

Download a copy of the Cookbook Publishing Roadmap

Please join our Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today, I had an interview with Julie Evink. Julie is the creator of the popular food blog Julie’s Eats and Treats, which reaches millions monthly. She is known for no-fuss recipes that use pantry staples yet are bursting with flavor. In our time together, you'll hear all about Julie’s new cookbook, her journey from blog to cookbook, the building of her brand and blog, and how she published a cookbook that contained not only recipes from her blog but many exclusive recipes as well. 

Things We Mention In This Episode

Join the waitlist for Cookbook on KDP

Julie’s Eats and Treats

Gimme Some Grilling

Welcome to this encore episode of the podcast. I'm excited to be here today to talk to any food & nutrition expert, expert baker, expert cook, restaurant or bakery owner, personal chef, caterer, or anyone who has recipes, stories, and solutions to share. 

I believe that a print cookbook is the most portable and profitable way to share your recipes, stories, and solutions. A print cookbook is a beautiful marketing tool for your business and an effective business card for yourself. 

Listen in as we discuss how to get started, different paths to publication, what you need to do to approach a traditional publisher, what happens after you sign a contract with a publisher, and then how cookbook writers get paid for their books. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Join Start Your Cookbook Project Week

Learn more about Get Paid to Get Published Cookbook program here during this free masterclass How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook 

Episode 33 Interview with Cookbook Collector and Literary Agent Maria Ribas

Episode 112 How Cookbook Writers Get Paid with Literary Agent Sally Ekus

Episode 115 How Cookbook Writers Get Paid with Cookbook Author Jill Nussinow

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. For the next two episodes, I am going to help you shine up your recipes by answering your most common questions about recipes: development, writing, testing, confidence about your recipes being yours and not just repeats, and the number of recipes to include in a book or cookbook submission. 

Things We Mention In This Episode

Sign up for a complimentary Recipe Refine and Shine Audit

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today, I have an interview with Tue Nguyen. Tue is a Vietnamese chef and one of the fastest-rising stars in the culinary space. Since graduating from culinary school and beginning her content creation journey, Tue has showcased her skills through social media as well as sold-out pop-ups, which led her to partnering with the h.wood Group to open her restaurant DiDi in Los Angeles. In our conversation today Tue and I talked all about her new cookbook Di An, The Salty, Sour, Sweet and Spicy Flavors of Vietnamese Cooking and how she got started on her food journey. For her cookbook project she discusses her love for nostalgia, her passion about her Vietnamese food heritage, and the joy of creating a community of food enthusiasts all around Vietnamese cooking. Tue also shares her tips for you getting started with Vietnamese cooking with a discussion of the ingredients to stock in your pantry and we discuss recipes from her book - some that are classics, some that are  internet famous, and some from her pop-up cooking locations in real life.

Things We Mention In This Episode

Connect with TwayDeBae online

Di An - The Salty, Sour, Sweet and Spicy Flavors of Vietnamese Cooking

Appetites by Anthony Bourdain

Welcome to the latest episode of the podcast. I’m excited to be here today with Anne Beiler. Anne began twisting pretzels in 1987 and grew a single farmer's market stand into Auntie Anne's(R), the world's largest hand-rolled soft pretzel franchise. Her professional success, however, was forged after years of darkness, depression, and despair. Today, Anne speaks to audiences around the world, inspiring people with her authentic stories and life experiences. Today on the podcast, Anne and I talk about life growing up in an Old Order Amish and Mennonite family, the birth of her business, and her cookbook Come to the Table. In her cookbook, she shares familiar recipes from her life growing up in a family of 10. Anne does openly share about her life events that led to her depression, so listen with compassion and love as we learn how Anne became the entrepreneur, author, and leader she is today. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Learn How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook

Connect with Anne Beiler online

Come to the Table by Anne Belier, signed copy

The Mennonite Community Cookbook

In today’s episode, I welcome Jessie-Sierra Ross. Jessie is a former professional ballerina turned food and lifestyle blogger. She’s the creative mind behind the blog Straight to the Hips, Baby, where she shares her elegant yet approachable style of cooking, cocktails, and home entertaining.

We dive into Jessie’s transition from the world of ballet to the arena of home entertaining, discussing:

• Transition from Ballet to Blogging:
  Jessie shares her journey from ballet slippers to blogging, detailing how her background in the performing arts shaped her approach to food and entertaining.

• Building a Brand:
  Jessie’s advice on developing a distinct brand style, centered on content pillars and being true to your interests.

• Highlights from Seasons Around the Table:
  A look at Jessie’s new book, which celebrates seasonal cooking, floral tablescapes, and effortless entertaining.

• Thanksgiving Tips:
  Jessie’s top tips for a seasonal Thanksgiving feast, including ideas for tablescaping and decor that will bring warmth and sophistication to the holiday table.

Things We Mention In This Episode

Straight to the Hips, Baby

Seasons Around the Table

Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Tartine Bread

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. Today on the podcast, I’m featuring an interview Cookbook Collector and author of The Book Club CookBook Judy Gelman. This is a unique episode for the podcast in that I haven’t to this date interviewed a traditionally published cookbook author. The goal of the podcast is to talk to and share stories with cookbook readers, buyers, collectors, and clubs, and so far for the first 20 episodes, I’ve done just that. But the book I feature today intrigued me, so I reached out to coauthors of the BookClub Cookbook Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp about an interview. The Book Club CookBook explores the connection between books and food in their own book clubs. Judy and Vicky, we were both intrigued by the idea of pairing books and food, and they found that food and cooking is often a fun and interesting part of book club meetings. In this interview, Judy and I discuss her tips of starting a book club, finding an agent for a cookbook project, and her mid-century cookbook collection, inspired by her work on The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Connect with Judy and Vicky:

• The Book Club Cookbook

• Join the waitlist for the next opening of the Cookbook Writers Academy

• Download checklist for first-time cookbook writers  “Are You Ready to Write a Cookbook”

• Please join our Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group
• Instagram @cookbooklovepodcast or @greenapron

Welcome to the end of year one of the Cookbook Love Podcast! It’s been a great year and a year of learning and growing as a podcaster. My original goal was to celebrate Cookbook Love and we have done just that with interviews related to cookbook reading, buying, writing, collecting, and clubbing!  Today we celebrate with a look back at the top 10 most popular episodes for the podcast and a contest to celebrate our 52nd episode. It’s been a great year! And I hope I have shared more cookbook love with you all. Thanks for your support of the podcast. To enter the Celebrate the Cookbook Love Podcast Contest and have a chance to win a package of 5 cookbooks (one of my cookbooks, one new Summer 2019 cookbook, one vintage cookbook, a self-published cookbook, and a classic American cookbook:

1. Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcast App or 
2. Screenshot your review
3. Head over to Instagram
   1. OR
   2. Head over to Facebook 
   3. Join Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group
4. Follow @cookbooklovepodcast
5. DM me the screenshot of your review and you will be entered in the drawing

Contest ends September 5, 2019, 11:59 PM PST

 Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Follow Cookbook Love Podcast on Instagram
• Please join our Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group
• Instagram @cookbooklovepodcast or @greenapron

Welcome back to another Behind The Scenes of a Cookbook episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast I had the pleasure of interviewing Jon Deutsch. John directs the Food Lab at Drexel University. In this episode, Jon talks about how to develop a recipe, the difference between recipe development and testing, the way to test a  recipe, and the benefits the Food Lab offers to the authors of the cookbook projects they have been involved with. At the end of the interview enjoy our conversation about trends in recipes, and a quick-response round with Jon about his preferences in the way cookbook ingredients are expressed in cookbooks. 

• Drexel University Food Lab
• Apply for next session of Hungry For a Cookbook Mastermind Group

• Download a copy of the Cookbook Writing Roadmap

• Please join our Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group

Let’s connect on Instagram @greenapron

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I’m thrilled to host an interview with Rose Levy Beranbaum. Rose is the author of 12 cookbooks including Rose’s Baking Basics, The Baking Bible, and the ever-popular The Cake Bible. Rose is beloved by home bakers and professionals for her attention to detail and the development of baking recipes that are thoroughly tested and edited. Today on the podcast Rose and I talk about the ever-popular topic of cookies, cookie cookbooks, planning a holiday cookie bake, tips for making cookies ahead, and her tips for some changes in baking ingredients that have to be updated in her upcoming revision of The Cake Bible.

Things We Mention In This Episode

The Cookie Bible

Connect with Rose Levy Beranbaum on Real Baking with Rose 

Join the waitlist for our next cookbook coaching program

Hi and welcome back to another episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. Today I feature an interview with author and cookbook collector and self-proclaimed autodidactic polymath, Peter Hertzmann. Peter has been the creator, author, and illustrator of the e-zine à la carte since its inception in 1999.  He is also the author of 50 Ways to Cook a Carrot and Knife Skills Illustrated. Peter is passionate about teaching people from all walks of life the skills that will enable them to cook almost anything. His obsession and life-long interest in cooking and culinary traditions goes back to the early 1970s and for him, cooking is not just a matter of preparing recipes, it is a total immersion in all things food. As he writes in his e-zine: “I’m obsessive. All my life, when something interested me, I became obsessed with it. I learned all I could about it. I lived it! 

For most of his adult life, my interest was Chinese cookery—its preparation, materials, history, politics, and culture. Besides learning all he could about Chinese food and culture, he became involved with Chinese-American organizations and studied Chinese-American food, history, and culture. He collected English-language Chinese cookbooks and eventually amassed one of the largest collections in the world. (The books are now part of the Pond-Hertzmann Collection at the University of California at Davis.)

Then one fall, during an eight-day trip to Paris—his first—he had an epiphany - that he wouldn’t be able to proceed with my education unless he spent a lot of time in France and learned to at least read some French. In the following two years, he started doing just that. As he was obsessed with Chinese cookery, he is now obsessive with French cookery—its preparation, materials, history, politics, and culture. His e-zine a la carte is part of that obsession.

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Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Download a copy of my Cookbook Writing Roadmap

• Please join our Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group
• Let’s connect on Instagram @greenapron

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today is our 300th episode! In preparation for this, I listened to Episode 263 when I celebrated the end of my 5th year of podcasting last September. I talked a lot about the ROI and the tangible benefits of having a podcast, from the people I’ve met to the books I’ve been exposed to and received in the mail to the new students who have entered my programs. These are all amazing external benefits and I fully expect these to grow over time. For today’s podcast, I reflect on something called strategic byproducts when we commit to the long-haul of projects, like a podcast or writing books, and the use of a tool called 7 Layers Deep to help you define your why if you want to write a book or start a podcast of your own.

 Things We Mention In This Episode

Cookbook Love Podcast Episode 263 The ROI of Cookbook Love Podcast

7 Levels Deep

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today we embark on a culinary journey with passionate food blogger, home cook, recipe developer, and health advocate Chay Wike, author of Kitchen Commune. In her new book, Chay draws on her years of expertise to create a cookbook that transcends traditional recipes. For Chay, it’s not just about cooking; it’s about creating a sense of community, health, and well-being around the dinner table. Today on the podcast, we talk about Chay’s health journey, her blog and book writing and publishing journey, and her advice for cooking inclusive meals and embarking on a cookbook publishing journey. 

Things We Mention In This Episode

Follow Chay on Instagram @thekitchencommune

Kitchen Commune blog and book

The New Basics by Julie Russo and Sheila Lukens

Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today we continue our series How Cookbook Writer Get Paid with an interview with Sally Ekus. Sally joined The Lisa Ekus Group in 2009. She represents a wide range of culinary, health, wellness, and lifestyle talent, from first-time cookbook authors to seasoned chefs, professional food writers to bloggers, and internet and YouTube personalities. Sally loves being the liaison between an author and their publisher and takes great pride in guiding authors towards their dreams of publication. From concept to contract, she has brokered more than 125 book deals with many of the top US publishers. Sally speaks all over the country about publishing trends and agenting and facilitates workshops that combine the agency’s groundbreaking media training program with applied improv training to help authors hone their authentic message and gain confidence and comfort promoting their work.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Lisa Ekus Group

Register for free masterclass How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook

Stephanie Moon is the owner of Steph Moon + Co. Stephanie is passionate about helping authors connect more genuinely with their audience. Before Stephanie started her own business, she worked in publishing, with, in, and around books. From leading campaigns for New York Times Best Sellers, securing partnerships with brands like the San Francisco Public Library and securing coverage in Oprah’s coveted Holiday Favorite Things list, Stephanie’s has the experience and ingenuity to craft creative brand and marketing campaigns.

Over the years, Stephanie noticed a trend. Authors who had spent years researching and writing their book, did little to nothing to market their book. They left all the marketing and promotion to their publisher and wondered why their book wasn’t being shared with their favorite influencer and why sales were slower than they thought. Stephanie knew she had to change this and teach authors how to market and promote their book. This was the catalyst for creating the Master Your Book Marketing Program. During this episode of the podcast we talk about:

✔What does the marketing department of the publisher look for and how can authors help the marketing department of the publisher make their book a success

✔Why is a community of fans, other authors and influencers important

✔How to build a community

✔What is a shy/introverted/private author to do and is there still a way to build a community who loves to learn about my cooking and my cookbook. 

✔How can authors promote themselves without feeling like I have a whole other job

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Connect with Stephanie on Instagram

Stephanie's website

Connect with Stephanie on LinkedIn

Stephanie’s Favorite Cookbooks

Vietnamese by Uyen Luu

The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook

Join Confident Cookbook Writers Facebook Group

Learn more about How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook during this free masterclass 

Today on the podcast I’m excited to have an interview with illustrator and author of Why We Cook, Lindsay Gardner. Lindsay is a mother of two daughters (her favorite sous chefs) and her watercolor and gouache illustrations have appeared not only in cookbooks and other editorial projects, but advertising campaigns, and stationery and interior design collaborations as well. Lindsay’s wide-ranging artistic sensibility makes her a gentle interrogator of the world around her. Her food art has appeared in the Cookie Advent Cookbook, Pies, Fries & Ice Cream, and The Rituals, as well as Uppercase Magazine, Architectural Digest, StyleCarrot, Decorist, Vogue, among others. Originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, she’s been fortunate to live in the beautiful and vibrant locales of Oakland and San Francisco, CA, Chicago, IL, New York, NY and Middlebury, VT, and recently moved to northern Michigan. Why We Cook is her first book.  Today on the podcast we talk about the nitty gritty process of making the book, Lindsay’s making the art for the book from managing ideation, sketching, layout and final paintings, as well as the timing of the book’s release given the pandemic and everything else that was happening in the world at the time.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Lindsay’s website

@lindsaygardnerart  

Lindsay’s illustrated cookbooks

Cookie Advent Cookbook

Pie, Fries, and Ice Cream - a coloring book for food lovers

The Rituals Simple Practices to Cultivate Well-Being, Deepen Relationships, and Discover Your True Purpose

Lindsay’s current favorite cookbooks:

Sababa - Adeena Sussman

Simply Julia - Julia Turshen

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On today’s episode I have an interview with Jane Friedman. Jane Friedman has 20 years of experience in the publishing industry, with expertise in business strategy for authors and publishers. She’s the author of The Business of Being a Writer, editor of The Hot Sheet, the essential industry newsletter for authors, and has previously worked for F+W Media and the Virginia Quarterly Review. On today’s show we talk about publishing, the long game of writing and publishing, using digital platforms to extend your reach as an author, as well as removing taboos about making money as a writer. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Jane Friedman Website

The Hot Sheet Publishing Newsletter

The Business of Being a Writer

Learn more about How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook during this free masterclass 

There are common questions that aspiring cookbook authors ask about writing cookbooks and getting them published. In today’s episode I answer these top questions in an ongoing effort to help you understand the process of cookbooks from idea to publication. 

1. What software do I need to use to catch a publisher’s eye?
2. What layout is best? What catches the customer’s eye?
3. Where to begin and the planning process?
4. How to learn the actual how of writing?
5. What matters to publishers these days?
6. How to attract readers and ways to continue promotion years after publication?
7. How to find the right audience for a cookbook?

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Join Confident Cookbook Writers Facebook Group

Learn more about How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook during this free masterclass 

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast - I’ve been thinking about thriving lately in our work as cooks, writers, and aspiring cookbook authors. Did you know anyone can aspire to write a cookbook? Yes, anyone. In today’s episode, I want to talk to you about how to thrive as an aspiring cookbook author with tips on identifying yourself as an aspiring author, practicing your craft of cooking, documenting the details when you cook, sharing your work, and engaging with people who you can help. Listen in for more expansion on these topics, and more!

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Cookbook Love Podcast Episode 23: Why People Write Cookbooks and Who They Write For

Cookbook Love Podcast Episode 203: 30 Recipes in 30 Days Challenge (Recipe Development and Documentation)

Free Masterclass: How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook and Get it Published

Happy Thanksgiving! And welcome to this special Thanksgiving Episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. Thanksgiving here in the US is a holiday all about food, sharing, and cooking, so it’s no accident that I planned today's’ interview with Sondra Bernstein. Sondra is the chef and owner of the Girl and the Fig in Sonoma, California. In October 2017 one of the deadliest fires in California history swept across Napa, Sonoma, and Mendicino counties in California. In response to the fire, and in addition to cooking thousands of meals for first responders, and those displaced by evacuations, Sondra created and held the Delicious New Chapters cookbook raiser for fire survivors. Listen in this interview as Sondra describes the days after the fires, and how she not only thought of the idea, but planned a day-long event where anyone affected by the fires could come and search for their favorite, or a new cookbook, from the thousands of cookbooks donated for the event. I would like to add that at the time of this part of the recording in early November 2018 California is again experiencing another very serious and deadly fire - the Camp Fire in Butte County. Our thoughts and prayers go out on this Thanksgiving Day to all those affected by the fires in California and to the first responders helping people piece their lives back together.

In this episode of the podcast, Maggie interviews Stay-At-Home-Dad and Cookbook Collector Eric Lee. Eric is SAHD from St Paul MN who started collecting cookbooks about 5 years ago out of a time in his family’s life when he needed to learn to cook for their evening meal. Eric’s first venture into cooking has a smoky ending when he prepared a meal with a  stovetop smoker and BBQ book but quickly grew into a passion for not only exploring cooking but collecting cookbooks as well. In today’s episode, Eric and I talk about his collection of over 2400 books, how he stores and organizes his collections, and his tips for where to begin if you’re new to cookbook collecting or cooking.

Today on the podcast I’m excited to host an interview with recipe developer, clean living advocate, and mom of two Caroline Fausel. Over the years, Caroline has amassed hundreds of thousands of fans through her highly popular blog Olive You Whole where Caroline creates and shares meal ideas for those striving to eat healthier - whether that's gluten-free, dairy-free, Paleo or Whole30.  Caroline's debut cookbook Prep, Cook, Freeze offers 12 weeks of healthy dinners that accommodate different diets. Listen in as Caroline and I discuss:

• Why Caroline wanted to write a cookbook?
• What was her process for finding a publisher?
• The clean-eating journey that inspired the “Prep, Cook, Freeze” process
• Time-saving tips that new moms should know when it comes to meal prep? 
• How are the frozen meals in “Prep, Cook, Freeze” different from typical frozen dinners?

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Caroline's Blog Olive You Whole

Caroline's book: Prep, Cook, Freeze

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Hi everybody. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I’m excited to host an interview with three cookbook writing students from the current Hungry for a Cookbook Mastermind. They are Jennie Gottschalk, Rikki Asher, and Shan O’Fee-Byrom.

Jennie Gottschalk
Jennie is a composer based in Boston. She holds a bachelor's degree in composition from The Boston Conservatory  and a master's degree and doctorate from Northwestern University. She is the author of two books - Experimental Music and Being Time. Jennie is beginning a cookbook project that explores beans and bean techniques. :

Rikki Asher
Rikki is a New York City visual artist. She is the author of the Art in Queens Cuisine and is working on a cookbook that combines vegetarian cooking, art, and meditation/mindfulness. Asher received her MFA in painting from City University of New York at Lehman College, and earned a Doctorate in Art Education from Teacher’s College, Columbia University. She was a professor and Director of Art Education at Queens College, CUNY for 17 years, Asher currently serves as Artist-in-Residence at Lenox Hill Hospital in a program she developed (Art by the Bedside).

Shan O’Fee-Byrom

As a former corporate trainer,  plant-based cook, soccer-mom, and Naples-based triathlete Shan loves experimenting with delicious food to keep everyone in our family healthy, strong, feeling good and performing at our best. Her  family has been eating a plant-based diet since 2015 when they started experimenting with it as a way to promote health. Shan is the founder of Plant Fare and is a master at systems and planning to make plant-based suppers, lunches, and snacks a breeze for moms and families on the run. 

Apply for March 2021 Mastermind Session

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Welcome back to another Behind The Scenes of a Cookbook episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast I had the pleasure of interviewing Suzanne Fass. Suzanne is truly behind the scenes of cookbook production with her work as a copy-editor, proofer, and indexer. While her work may just land her name in the Acknowledgements section of a cookbook, Suzanne’s hand has touched the manuscripts and designed pages of many books with her expertise that ensures recipes are safe for the home cook and that indexes are thorough and complete. This interview covers Suzanne’s process for copyediting, working on editing in batches, making style sheets, and tips for cookbook writers in creating recipe titles for an index.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Apply for next session of Hungry For a Cookbook Mastermind Group
• Download a copy of the Cookbook Publishing Roadmap
  
• Please join our Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group
• Let’s connect on Instagram @greenapron

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast, I share some thoughts on the value of documenting and sharing your recipes, including:

• writing original recipes

• saving secret recipes

• documenting the recipes in our heads (note: if we don’t do this, who will), 

• and the new life given to food, kitchens, and cooks through documentation and sharing of recipes 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Learn more about Cookbooks on KDP Pilot Program - enrollment ends April 25, 2023 - receive a bonus of Recipe Week 5-Day Training all about writing recipes. 

Free training How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook without Spending Your Own Money to Get Published 

 Episode 11: Take a Look at Recipe Writing Style

 Episode 24: What is a Recipe Headnote and Why Does It Matter

 Episode 37: Recipe and Cookbook Abundance

 Episode 54: Recipe Copyright Protection

Welcome to the latest episode of our podcast. I’m excited to be here. Before we dive into our interview today with Colleen Worthington, I want to let you know about free training for food or nutrition experts who want to write a cookbook but aren’t sure where to start, how to spend your time, or what publishers are looking for, we have a free training session that you'll love. This training covers the three common mistakes cookbook writers make, the four steps to make your work appealing to publishers, and the best publishing path to choose if you don't want to spend your time or money on editing, design, and printing. You can access the on-demand training at www.cookbookwritersacademy.com/free, and within just 45 minutes, you'll learn how to use your time wisely and create a cookbook platform, concept, and proposal that publishers will love. 

So today on the podcast, I’m thrilled to have an interview with Colleen Worthington. Colleen is the author of the soon-to-be-released cookbook Kneaders Bakery & Cafe: A Celebration of Our Best Recipes and Memories, due for release on October 3. After more than twenty-five years of building a baking empire out of her own kitchen Colleen and her husband Gary pursued their interest in scratch-made artisan breads. After training at the American Institute of Baking and San Francisco Baking Institute and working closely with Lehi Roller Mills to develop an exclusive flour mixture and locate a traditional Italian hearth-stone oven, Colleen and Gary opened their first bakery in 1997. Within a few months, they expanded to offer a variety of sandwiches, soups, salads, and pastries and now have over 50 locations in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Texas, and Utah. Today on the podcast, Colleen and I talk about Kneaders Bakery & Cafe, her philosophy on sharing their best recipes in a cookbook, and their method for specialty items they are known for, such as slow-roasted hand-pulled turkey, seasonal menu items, fresh pastries, comfort food, and her favorite cookbook.  

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Connect with Colleen and Kneaders

How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook free mini class

The Household Searchlight Recipe Book

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast, I’m excited to have an interview with Lorraine Carlstrom. Lorraine has been interested in food and cooking for most of her life, including roles as a cook where she cooked at a backcountry cabin in the Canadian Rockies, volunteered at an organic farm, served as a leader for the Weston A. Price Foundation, and taught cooking classes. Lorraine is the author of Roo’s Kitchen: Bone Broth Soups and Sourdough Sides: Nourishing Recipes Inspired by friends, family, and life playing in nature. I am proud to say that Lorraine is a graduate of the 2023 cohort of Cookbooks on KDP, and the book we’re talking about today she wrote and published as a result of being in the program. If you have a collection of recipes that you want to publish in a book, the doors for our 2024 cohort are open to Cookbooks on KDP. In this 12-week group program, I will help you step-by-step learn how to publish a book of recipes on Amazon. When you complete the program, you will have completed two types of recipe books to share family recipes or give away as holiday gifts. If you'd like to learn more about this offer, head over to https://www.cookbookwritersacademy.com/kdp2024, and read more details about the program, your chance to enroll in this year's program. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Learn more about Cookbooks on KDP  and receive a bonus of Recipe Week 5-Day Training all about writing recipes. 

Roo’s Kitchen: Bone Broth and Sourdough Sides

Welcome to the latest episode of the podcast. I’m excited to be here today to talk about how to find a cookbook publisher. This is the number one thing my students in my program, Get Paid to Get Published, want to know- how do I find a cookbook publisher? Today on the show, I’m going to tell you exactly that with an example of a cookbook author who found a publisher not just one time but four times.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Find Your Cookbook Publisher inside Get Paid to Get Published Program

Kentucky Fresh Cookbook

Tasting Kentucky: Favorite Recipes From the Bluegrass State

Essential Pantry: Streamline Your Ingredients Simplify Your Meals

Essential Plant-based Pantry: Streamline Your Ingredients Simplify Your Meals

Welcome back to another episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. Today’s episode was inspired by a Mother’s Day meal we shared with our son and his girlfriend. They both work at high-end restaurants in Cincinnati. It's not uncommon that when we get together we talk about the restaurant and their favorite dishes on the menu. The conversation recently turned to a cold sliced pork dish with tuna sauce. They absolutely adored the dish and the new-to-them pairing of pork and tuna. As a cookbook collector may do after a conversation like that, I turned to my cookbook collection to find the recipe. I found a recipe in Marcella Hazen’s Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, for Vitello Tonnato - Cold Sliced Veal with Tuna Sauce. As I searched for this recipe in four of my Italian cookbooks, I was struck by the abundance of recipes and cookbooks we have at our fingertips.

On the internet and in our cookbook collections we can find almost anything. Despite this abundance, we feel like we’re still missing the secret, out of alignment with what we have, like we’re missing out, overwhelmed, and in general, everything being hard from planning, prepping, shopping, cooking, and doing the dishes. On the podcast today, I explore this: why do we feel negative when we have so much recipe, how-to, and cookbook abundance? I think it’s because of how we’re thinking about it, and that in order to feel better, we don’t need more information and cookbooks, we need to change the way we think about what we have. Tune in to hear my 6 tips to work with Recipe and Cookbook Abundance to learn something new and create new results in your kitchen.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazen
• The Italian Country Table by Lynne Rossetto Kasper
• Marcella Says by Marcella Hazen
• 1000 Italian Recipe by Michele Scicolone
• Join the waitlist for the next opening of the Cookbook Writers Academy
• Download checklist “Are You Ready to Write a Cookbook”
• Please join our Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group
• Instagram @cookbooklovepodcast or @greenapron

Welcome back to another Behind The Scenes of a Cookbook episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast I had the pleasure of interviewing Mardi Balgochian. Mardi is a  French-trained pâtissière, recipe tester and cookbook editor. She has degrees in English and Communications, and her professional experience is in corporate communications where she worked in defense, energy, food & beverage, and biotechnology. A few years ago, she had that “if not now, when?” moment and moved to Paris to earn a culinary diploma, specifically in French pâtisserie. Now, she endeavors to pair her professional experience with her passion for pastry.

As an editor here are a few tips from Mardi for cookbook writers: 

(1) get your recipes tested by trained chefs and home cooks (if that’s your audience)

(2) definitely work with an editor if you decide to self-publish.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Connect with Mardi’s at her blog Love and Butter

Mardi’s Go-To Baking and Pastry Books:

The Pastry Chef’s Little Black Book (Chefs Michael Zebrowski and Michael Mignano)

The Pastry Chef’s Little Black Book – Volume II (Chefs Michael Zebrowski and Michael Mignano)

The Professional Pastry Chef (Bo Friberg)

French Pâtisserie (Ferrandi)

Classic Baking References:

Baking Chez Moi (Dorie Greenspan)

Pie & Pastry Bible (Rose Levy Beranbaum)

Baking Bible (Rose Levy Beranbaum)

Lickerland (Jason Licker) – this is the one Mardi mentioned  that was classic pastry with Asian flavors

French Patisserie Books by French Chefs (in French):

Choux (Philippe Conticini)

Fou de Patisserie (Fou de Patisserie – book is out of print, but they have others and a magazine) 

Armenian Cookbooks:

Treasured Armenian Recipes (Detroit AGBU)

Harametzek (St. James, Watertown, MA – out of print)

Download a copy of the NEW Cookbook Publishing Roadmap

Apply for next session of Hungry For a Cookbook Mastermind Group

Please join our Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group

Let’s connect on Instagram @greenapron

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. This Saturday is the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby. Our family is planning a party as we do every year, so I thought I’d share recipes for the official drink of the Kentucky Derby, the Mint Julep.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Kentucky Derby Museum Cookbook

The Mint Julep by Colonel Joe Nickell

Tasting Kentucky: Favorite Recipes from the Bluegrass State by Maggie Green

How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook Free Training

Hi everyone and welcome back to another episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast.

Cynthia Graubart is a food writer, James Beard Award-winning cookbook author, speaker, former cooking show television producer, and most recently the author of her 8th cookbook, Sunday Suppers for Oxmoor House. Graubart is passionate about food - from researching its origins, writing recipes, teaching technique, to bringing families together at the table. What began as a small number of cookbooks to help me learn the basics, grew into a large research library of 4,000 volumes. While it is a general collection, I do have a sub-specialty in Southern cookbooks. I also have a collection of 500 community cookbooks, about 300 of which are from the state of Georgia and predate 1980. In this interview, we talk about community cookbooks, Junior League cookbook, Cynthia’s experience producing television, cooking, and writing cookbooks.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Cynthia Graubart
• Sunday Suppers cookbook
• Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking
• Download a copy of my Cookbook Writing Roadmap
• Please join our Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group
• Let’s connect on Instagram @greenapron

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast - today on the podcast I’m excited to share an interview with Molly Gilbert. Molly is the founder of the food blog Dunk & Crumble and according to the back of her new book  the original Sheet Pan Queen. A decade ago Molly’s hit debut cookbook Sheet Pan Suppers birthed one of the biggest food trends in getting dinner on the table quickly, efficiently, and deliciously. Now with her latest book Sheet Pan Sweets, Molly has brought the same sense of effortless accomplishment to the dessert table. In Sheet Pan Sweets we find 80 easy and innovative recipes that deliver the perfect dessert for any occasion, season, or holiday, including layer cakes, bars, cookies, roll cakes, and slab pies. Today on the podcast Molly and I talk about sheet pans, what makes them special, sheet pan recipes for Fall baking, and Molly’s process for writing a cookbook. 

Things We Mention In This Episode

Connect with Molly Gilbert online

Sheet Pan Sweets Cookbook

Weeknight Baking 

Baking with Dorie

Simple Cakes

Zoe Bakes

Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today’s episode was inspired by my work inside Start Your Cookbook Project Week last week. On today’s show, I share 6 tips for cookbook writing gleaned from the interviews I’ve had over the past 2 years with cookbook writers as well as from my own cookbook writing work. Tune in as we discuss these tips, and an opportunity for you to join us inside Get Paid to Get Published for Start Your Cookbook Project Bootcamp which begins February 8, 2022. During this 5 week Bootcamp, we will focus on setting up the thoughts, fuels, and systems to start your cookbook writing project all inside Get Paid to Get Published. Learn more about the Bootcamp here Join Start Your Cookbook Project Bootcamp

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Join Start Your Cookbook Project Bootcamp

Welcome back to another episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast, today I am excited to share an interview with Maria Ribas. Maria is a true cookbook lover. She not only collects cookbooks, and uses cookbooks at home when she cooks, but she also works as a literary agent at Stonesong Literary Agency. At Stonesong, Maria represents authors to publishers, including her favorite genre, cookbook authors. Today on the podcast we discuss the process of acquiring cookbook titles: first, where publishers scout for authors on a particular topic VS authors sending in proposals for their cookbook ideas. We also discuss what’s on the horizon for cookbook trends, and her view of just how large a food writer’s platform needs to be for consideration of publication at a large publishing house. At home, and due to space limitations, Maria carefully curates her cookbook collection. She loves books that “take [her] away”  with beautiful photography and writing, and equally as many cookbooks that offer time in the kitchen as a time to relax, or quiet yourself, rather than seeing cooking as one more chore to get done.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Stonesong Literary Agency
• Maria's Blog Cooks Plus Books
• Kinokuniya Books
• Eat at Home Tonight by Tiffany King
• Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat
• Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen
• Unplugged Kitchen by Viana La Place  
• Register for the cookbook writing masterclass
• Join the waitlist for the next opening of the Cookbook Writers Academy
• Download checklist “Are You Ready to Write a Cookbook”
• Please join our Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group
• Instagram @cookbooklovepodcast or @greenapron

Welcome to another episode of the podcast, I’m excited to be here today to talk to any food & nutrition expert, expert baker, expert cook, restaurant or bakery owner, personal chef, caterer, or anyone who has recipes, stories, and solutions to share. 

I believe that a print cookbook is the most portable and profitable way to share your recipes, stories, and solutions. A print cookbook is a beautiful marketing tool for your business and an effective  business card for yourself. 

Listen in as we discuss how to get started, different paths to publication, what you need to do to approach a traditional publisher, what happens after you sign a contract with a publisher, and then how cookbook writers get paid for their books. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Learn more about Get Paid to Get Published Cookbook program here during this free masterclass How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook 

Episode 33 Interview with Cookbook Collector and Literary Agent Maria Ribas

Episode 112 How Cookbook Writers Get Paid with Literary Agent Sally Ekus

Episode 115 How Cookbook Writers Get Paid with Cookbook Author Jill Nussinow

Today on the podcast I welcome. Chef Peter Hoffman. Peter is the curious cook’s cook and as the former chef/owner of Savoy and Back Forty restaurants, he trail-blazed farm-to-table cooking in New York City. Peter is also the recent author of What’s Good? A Memoir in 14 Ingredients is a book that covers his development as a chef-owner of the farm-to-table restaurant in NYC and tracks a year in the farmers’ market over the course of the growing season with deep dives into ingredients he loves. Recipes follow each of the deep dive chapters and Peter connects the reader to the miraculousness of the foods we cook to nourish ourselves.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Peter's website

Connect with Peter on Instagram 

What's Good? A Memoir in Fourteen Ingredients

Join Confident Cookbook Writers Facebook Group

Learn more about How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook during this free masterclass 

Welcome to the latest episode of the podcast. I’m excited to be here today with an interview with food writer Tessa Kiros. Born in London to a Greek-Cypriot father and Finnish mother, international best-selling author Tessa Kiros developed an interest in the food of different cuisines and travel from an early age. She grew up in South Africa and left home at 18 to travel and cook, working in restaurants in London, Sydney, Athens, and Mexico. Today on the podcast, we talk about Tessa’s 11th book, Now and Then Tessa’s reflection on a lifetime of cooking and eating. With characteristic generosity of spirit, Tessa invites us into her kitchen to share what she's cooking now: an exciting blend of new discoveries and enduring favorites that connect the threads of her life. Part memoir, part travel guide, part food odyssey, this collection of more than 150 new recipes is accompanied by Tessa's reflections and favorite food memories. Longtime fans will rejoice in her best work, and aspiring cooks will discover how and why she has redefined the modern cookbook.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Learn How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook

Connect with Tessa Kairos on Instagram

Now and Then By Tessa Kiros

Home Cooking a Writer in the Kitchen by Laurie Colwin

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast, I have an interview with Nick DiGiovanni. Nick is a chef, food content creator, and world record holder for numerous food-related feats. After becoming the youngest-ever finalist on MasterChef, Nick rapidly gained a loyal, eager-to-learn audience for his award-winning video content. Nick cooks almost daily, drawing inspiration from the many chefs he’s worked with as well as his diverse extended family. His goal in life is to make the world a happier, better-fed place through food. Today on the podcast we talk about the inspiration Nick received from his grandma, his competition on MasterChef, his advice for chefs and cookbook authors who want to build a brand so that they can connect with their audience in a way that resonates with them, as well as Nick’s belief in kitchen techniques and the use of QR codes in his debut cookbook.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Connect with Nick online

Join the waitlist for Cookbooks on KDP

Watch free training on How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook

Writing a cookbook demands a lot of time and energy. You work hard, you write your manuscript, and then after months of editing, design, and production your book lands in your hand. There's not much else like it in the world, with the exception of delivering a baby. Some people even refer to writing a book as a gestation time and then say they've given "birth" to a book.

 So what do I wish someone had told me before I wrote my cookbook:

1.  There will be mistakes in the cookbook. Somewhere, somehow there will be an error. You'll find a recipe where you called for 1 tablespoons instead of 1 tablespoon. Careful editing and even hiring a competent editor will help reduce the number of errors, but just know there will be some errors. Don't worry though - most publishers let you submit corrections before the next printing. 

1. Not everyone will like your cookbook. Please, don't let this stop you in your tracks or worry you. It's just the reality of writing a book and putting your work out there. Your book was written with a specific audience in mind and that means that the people outside of your audience might not like or buy your cookbook. Don't focus on them. Focus instead on who loves your cookbook. They are the only group worth worrying about. Please them and reach out to them. 

3. Marketing and promoting your cookbook is like another job. Writing the manuscript was the first job. Selling the book and working hard to promote it is another. I know that I have worked as hard and as long to promote my cookbook as I did to write it. Connecting with customers is fun and I've traveled while doing so, but the work of promotion is just as time-consuming as the work of writing.

We Mention In This Episode:

• Cookbook Writing Software Workshop registration
• Check out the show notes for this episode
• Please join our Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group
• Instagram @cookbooklovepodcast or @greenapron

Welcome to another episode of the podcast. First, a sad note to recognize the death of cookbook author and writer Julia Reed. Julia died from cancer at the end of August in Newport, Rhode Island. She was 59. Her books and articles were a joy to read. Which brings me to the topic of this show - cookbooks and food books I love to read. See the links below and listen in as I discuss some of my favorite cookbooks and food books to read. And thanks to all the cookbook readers who are faithful to this podcast.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Julia Reed Obituary - Garden and Gun Magazine

A Collection of Julia's work in Garden and Gun

Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties by Julia Reed

Big Bad Breakfast by John Currence

Chocolate and Zucchini by Clotilde Dusoulier

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

The Kitchen Dairies by Nigel Slater

Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen by Lidia Bastianich

Pot on the Fire by John Thorne and Matt Lewis Thorne

Outlaw Cook by John Thorne and Matt Lewis Thorne

Download a copy of the Cookbook Publishing Roadmap

Please join our Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group

As many of you know I self-published my Christmas Cookie Baking Guide in November 2024. This was my fifth published cookbook and my first self-publishing venture. It's easy for me to sit here and talk all about the book. And how the book is the fruit of the work I do every year as a Christmas cookie baker, And how I managed my time and myself to write and publish it. That's all true. But it's not the full story...and that’s the topic for today’s podcast.

Here's the full quote about being in the arena from Theodore Roosevelt "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Join the waitlist for Cookbooks on KDP that starts in January 2025. 

Sign up here for my email list all about writing, publishing, habits, and writing routines. 

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast. I went through a period of time where I actually believed there wasn't a need for more cookbooks. I can't even believe I'm telling you this. And there wasn't a need for sure for a cookbook written by me was what my brain told me. Who would care anyway what I had to say? After some soul-searching and reflections here is what I soon realized about the number of cookbooks out there and how you can take a look at the abundance of cookbooks too. 

1. Are there too many romance novels, cozy mysteries, children’s books, self-help books, historical fiction, or books about business or marketing? The only people who think this is true are people who don’t like these books or people who want to write these books. They see the abundance of books as a reason not to write instead of a reason to write. We need to let the abundance of books be a reason to write - pointing the way to a topic that is in demand.
2. Everyone needs to eat. All humans. All ages, sizes, sexes, identities, colors, meat- or veg-eaters. Food touches everyone’s life. And there may come a time when a cook who has never invested money in a cookery book needs one. They are diagnosed with a chronic illness. They have a desire to save money. They want to be healthier. They want to prepare family meals or connect with their family 
3. And so many of the eaters out there would benefit from a message that helps them: Learn how to prepare fresh vegetables. Learn how to reduce their fasting blood glucose with food. Learn how to make cupcakes. Learn how to use their air-fryer. Learn how to have fun planning a week's worth of meals. Learn how to save money on grocery store expenses.
4. Your perspective on a cookery topic matters. In the Fall of 2022, there are new cookie cookbooks, cookbooks by debut authors, and sheet pan cookbooks being released. Are any of those topics new?
5. It is important to marinate in the fact that cookbooks impact people in a very real way - physically and emotionally. All cooks have the potential to feel better when they read or eat meals using our books. So many cooks. So many things they want to learn. If we don't write a book that helps them who will? And even if others are writing books for some of the eaters, there are more eaters who are waiting for you. Because you have a unique message and perspective to share.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Free Masterclass: How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook and Get it Published

Have you ever thought about how your meals, baked goods, recipes, and books make others feel? Because really, that's why most people interact with food, cooking, recipes, books - to feel better. 

I had an experience recently with my son's friend who wants to eat a better breakfast before she heads to school so that she isn't starving at lunch. Plus, she wants to fuel her day with a healthy breakfast. She recently traveled and was amazed at the simple hotel breakfast of yogurt, granola, and berries. This summarizes her desire and goal. 

So she thought she’d try to have some granola and yogurt for breakfast. She headed to Kroger and bought granola - a box of a national brand. So excited the next morning, she fixed her breakfast and was excited as she tasted the granola. It wasn't anything like the hotel granola from her trip. Also, she found the store-bought granola tasted too sweet and hard to chew. It even scraped the top of her mouth, like she had eaten a bunch of sugary candy. She said she felt more unhealthy eating it. So she looked in the natural food section for a small batch brand. There were several that looked good, but it was 4x the price of the national brand. She didn't feel like she had the budget for boutique brands of granola, but she loves the idea of granola. This is her problem or unmet need and her feelings about this problem.

She knew that every few weeks, we make a homemade batch of granola. She had been at our house and seen us in our kitchen, making granola. This is our cooking habit. And since we have our recipe was written down (this is our writing habit), we were able to share our recipe along with some tips for success so that she could make her own granola. This is how we help people meet their desires, reach their goals, and solve their problems. 

She made the granola the next day she texted me to say how much her family loved it. And she loved it! She felt accomplished and successful in the kitchen. And she was excited to have her granola and yogurt for wholesome breakfast. This is a positive result with positive emotions as a result. 

And, here's the best part - she trusts us as a provider of not only recipes but making her feel better. That's the goal because when our people feel better, they want not just your recipes, but how you made them feel.

This is why we buy cookbooks too. They make us feel better! They help us learn. They have a lot of beautiful features, and many benefits, but the bottom line is cookbooks promise a better feeling. They are a benefit not a burden. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Download a copy of my Cookbook Writing Roadmap

• Please join our Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group
• Let’s connect on Instagram @greenapron

Hello and welcome to year two of the Cookbook Love Podcast. Thanks for everyone who tunes in on a regular basis as we celebrate cookbook readers, buyers, writers, collectors, and clubs. Todays’ episode is all about mastermind: what is one and why might you join one. Plus there’s still time to enter the Celebrate the Cookbook Love Podcast Contest and have a chance to win a package of 5 cookbooks (one of my cookbooks, one new Summer 2019 cookbook, one vintage cookbook, a self-published cookbook, and a classic American cookbook:

1. Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcast App or 
2. Screenshot your review
3. Head over to Instagram
   1. OR
   2. Head over to Facebook 
   3. Join Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group
4. Follow @cookbooklovepodcast
5. DM me the screenshot of your review and you will be entered in the drawing

Contest ends September 5, 2019, 11:59 PM PST

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Apply for Hungry For a Cookbook Mastermind until September 6, 2019
• Cookbook Love Podcast on Instagram
• Please join our Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group
• Instagram @cookbooklovepodcast or @greenapron

In this episode of the podcast, Maggie interviews cookbook “obsessive” Monique Llamas. Monique participates in online cookbook clubs and loves new release cookbooks. For the past 11 years, Monique has kept a recipe journal to document her use of cookbooks. In our interview, we discuss her journal and how she uses it to inform what she cooks every day. Monique learned her love of cookbooks, and cooking, from her Mom and she bought her first Betty Crocker cookbook when she was in college. In the interview, we talk about Monique's participation in website-, Facebook-, and social media-based cookbook clubs and the features of cookbooks she loves.

• Hardcover Cook website

• Hardcover Cook on Instagram

• Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group

• Instagram @cookbooklovepodcast

• Show notes can be found at cookbooklove.co

Welcome to the latest episode of our podcast. Today on the podcast, I have an interview with Mimi Dvorak Smith. Mimi is the author of Too Many Eggs: A Collection of over 800 Egg Recipes and Their Fascinating History. What started as a journey ordering 25 chickens by mail ended up being a life with young chickens laying 2 dozen eggs each day. So Mimi did what cooks do: she started a notebook that contained recipes she could make with her abundance of eggs. When her brother died, her project moved front and center as she hired an editor, received some feedback, and worked through the material, which would ultimately become this old-style recipe book for eggs, complete with recipes, footnotes, side stories, and illustrations (no photos). Mimi now markets her books using postcards and personalized notes to reach independent bookstores, cookbook reviewers, podcasters, and any store that sells chickens or chicken paraphernalia. 

if you're a food or nutrition expert looking to write a cookbook and get paid for it but you're unsure where to start, how to spend your time, or what publishers are looking for, we have a free training session that you'll love. This training covers the three common mistakes cookbook writers make, the four steps to make your work appealing to publishers, and the best publishing path to choose if you don't want to spend your time or money on editing, design, and printing. You can access the on-demand training by registering here and within just 45 minutes, you'll learn how to use your time to create a cookbook platform, concept, and proposal that publishers will love.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook free mini class

Too Many Eggs website

Welcome to another episode of the podcast. 2024 is shaping up to be an exciting year. I have a lot planned inside the Get Paid to Get Published program, with nutrition coaching/counseling for cookbook writers, and some exciting news about the podcast so stay tuned!

Today I have an interview with Gerry Romano. Gerry is a retired publishing and communications consultant who lives in Virginia. Gerry enjoyed an extensive career as a magazine editor and writer for not-for-profit associations. After she retired she began creative writing - and self-published 3 books - biographies of her mother, mother-in-law, and most recently her autobiography and has also embarked on a family cookbook project. Today on the show Gerry and I discuss how not everyone cooks, but can still love cookbooks, how to handle special occasions as a non-cook, and her advice for writing a family book or cookbook. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Register for Cobwebs to Connections: How to Build an Email List with a Newsletter

Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food Ann Hood

Cat Lovers Cookbook

The Teen-ager's Menu Cookbook

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today, I have an interview with Diana Goldman. Diana Goldman is a chef, food photographer, and culinary educator based in Boston. She is the creator of Beantown Kitchen and author of the new cookbook Plants for You. Diana teaches all about plant-based cuisine and shares her passion for wholesome, flavorful food which shines through in every recipe she makes. In our conversation today we talk all about Diana’s journey writing a cookbook, her success with orchestrating testing with over 50 recipe testers for her book, her tips for going PRO as she learned from the book the War of Art and how she invites creative energy to support and inspire her when working on her food and writing projects. 

Things We Mention In This Episode

Connect with Diana Goldman online

Plants for You Cookbook

The Vegetarian Flavor Bible 

The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield

Welcome back to another episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast. Today Rick and I send our love and prayers to everyone during this global pandemic of coronavirus. Rick grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Rick’s consciousness was raised by the region’s great ethnic restaurants and local farms. He began in the food business in high school, and after graduating in Theater from San Francisco State University, Rick moved to New York, where he was instantly immersed in the restaurant and catering world. His catering firm, Cuisine Américaine broke new ground when, as a young American chef, he created events for the Services Culturels of the French Embassy’s offices in New York City. It was there that he initially entertained the food editors and executives who would commission his first books and recipe development jobs. Through his work as a personal chef to Jerry Stiller and the late Anne Meara, he met and catered for many of New York’s show business elite. These relationships paved the way for his career helping celebrities and chefs tell their own stories. A number of Rick’s projects have landed on The New York Times Best Seller list or gone on to win Beard, IACP, and Gourmand Awards and nominations. In addition to his own book such as Comfort Food, Big Book of Side Dishes, Thanksgiving 101, and Kaffeehaus, Rick has worked with many renowned personalities including chefs Alfred Portale (Gotham Bar and Grill), Richard Sandoval (Maya), and Jeffrey Nathan (Abagael’s). He counts iconic baker Dan Leader and the late fashion guru, Lilly Pulitzer, among his clients, as well as Oprah Winfrey’s former chef Art Smith and two “Real Housewives” from the Bravo TV series.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Rick Rodger’s Website
• Thanksgiving 101
• Big Book of Sides
• Apply for next session of Hungry For a Cookbook Mastermind Group
• Download a copy of my Cookbook Writing Roadmap
• Please join our Confident Cook and Writer Facebook Group
• Let’s connect on Instagram @greenapron

On today’s show I’m excited to have an interview with Libby Rothschild @dietitianboss. Libby is a registered dietitian nutritionist and founder of Dietitian Boss(™). As a social media marketing expert, Libby's work shows dietitians how to go from zero to creating a six-figure virtual practice using social media strategies that work. 

As a former clinical dietitian, Libby understands the pains associated with working a 9-5 with limited pay and respect. Libby transformed from making 55k a year  in her windowless clinical office to building a million-dollar business within 15 months of going full-time. 

Today on the podcast Libby and I talk about: 

🔅what it means to have an online presence 

🔅what platform to select for your online presence

🔅tips to kick off your social media presence if you're just getting started

😀the importance of "showing your face" on your feed or in video to your audience

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Dietitian Boss Website

Follow Libby on Instagram

Learn more about How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook during this free masterclass

Welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I’m excited to welcome Jason Logsdon. Jason Logsdon is a best selling author, public speaker and passionate home cook who loves to try new things, exploring everything from sous vide and whipping siphons to blow torches, foams, spheres and infusions. He has published 15 cookbooks which have sold more than 60,000 copies. He runs AmazingFoodMadeEasy.com, one of the largest sous vide and modernist cooking websites, MakeThatBacon.com, a website dedicated to helping bloggers succeed, and is the president of the International Sous Vide Association.  Today on the podcast Jason and I talk about sous vide cooking, self-publishing cookbooks, and stepping into your unique interests and expertise in cooking or baking with your cookbook, such as Jason's single cooking method cookbooks about sous vide cooking.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

International Sous Vide Association
Virtual Summit 2020 ISVA.org
Under Pressure Cooking Thomas Keller
Jason's website Amazing Food Made Easy
Free Beginner's Sous Vide Chart
Learn more about How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook Free Masterclass

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast I talk to you about the top 5 roadblocks that passionate cooks and bakers who want to share their recipes and stories in a print cookbook face. And kick off our Summer Roadblock Series for Cookbook Writers where we will spend the next 5 weeks discussing the top 5 roadblocks and provide strategies to help you navigate the roadblocks and get you back on the path to a published cookbook. 

Before we dive in are you a food or nutrition expert who wants to get paid to write a cookbook but you aren’t sure where to start, how to spend your time, or what publishers want from their writers? If you said yes then you are going to love the fun, free, training I recorded just for you. Inside this one and only on-demand cookbook publishing training you will learn 3 mistakes food and nutrition experts who want to get their recipes and stories published in a cookbook often make, 4 steps you will want to take to be attractive to a publisher, and the absolute best publishing path to choose if you don’t want to spend your time or money to edit, design, and print the book.  To access the training on demand head on over to www.cookbookwritersacademy.com/free. You are only 45 minutes away from being sure you’re using your time to do the right things that publishers love!

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Join the waitlist for Cookbooks on KDP

Watch free training How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast, I want to talk more about practice. But before we get started, I’m recording this podcast episode on the day it’s released. Shout out to my production partner Scott for working with my schedule and my twist of events as I wrapped up my five-day live training called Live Like a Writer last week. Is there anything in your life that you currently practice on a daily or at least weekly basis that allows your life to grow and expand? Or is there something that you want to start practicing that will allow your life to grow and expand in a more creative and alive way? Writing practice has the potential to do the same - because when we start to practice writing, our life reflects that we're engaged in writing. We see ourselves as writers. So today, I want to share with you four different writing practices that you can engage in every day to start to either start to see yourself as a writer or to feel more expressive and creative in your life, even if writing a book or novel isn’t your goal as well as writing supplies I love in my writing life.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Writing Resources, including books, notebooks, and pens

Do you want to learn how to get paid to write a cookbook

Hi everybody. Happy 2021 and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I want to talk about where confidence comes from and how we can translate this confidence in our messaging and into a connection with a publisher via a cookbook proposal. And if you want to join our Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group see the link below. We’d love to have you join us.

Things We Mention In This Episode:

Join Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group

Learn more about How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook during this free masterclass 

Today on the podcast I’m excited to welcome North Carolina-based branding and website design expert Chloe Thomas. Chloe found her love for helping new business owners, and specifically registered dietitians,  with their branding and/or website design, especially when she quickly caught on to the amazing and life-changing topics we would cover in their sessions. On this episode of the podcast, Chloe and I talk about :

✨What is branding

✨Why it’s important to create a brand

✨Branding tips for beginners

✨Common branding mistakes on social media and with websites

✨When is good time to hire out branding and website design

✨Why branding matters on social media and websites

✨Some resources to better brand your business

Website: chloecreativestudio.com

Instagram: chloecreativestudio.com

Facebook: Chloe Creative Studio or Better Branded Business

Favorite Cookbook: Mrs. Lacy's Magnolia House (mrslacys.com)

Join Confident Cookbook Writers Facebook Group

Learn more about How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook during this free masterclass 

Hi and welcome back to another episode of the podcast. Today I feature an interview with Lucy Seligman. Lucy is a lover of all things Japanese. She is an expert in Japanese cooking. Lucy lived in Japan for over 10 years and during that time was a restaurant critic, a food historian, and writer, the editor of Gochiso-sama!—her culinary newsletter on Japanese cuisine, and the owner of her own cooking school, Lucy’s Kitchen. In our interview today we talk about Lucy’s collection of Japanese cookbooks, her love of Osechi, and Judy’s tips for how to stock your pantry with Japanese cooking ingredients to use during our stay-at-home orders to mitigate COVID-19. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Lucy’s Blog: Thanks for The Meal
• Lucy’s Cookbook: The Wonderful World of Osechi
• Apply for next session of Hungry For a Cookbook Mastermind Group
• Download a copy of the Cookbook Writing Roadmap
• Please join our Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group
• Let’s connect on Instagram @greenapron

Julie-Anne’s life has always revolved around animals and food. She began my life in food on my family naseberry and mango farm in the hills of St. Catherine Jamaica. Fast forward years later with a Masters in animal and human nutritional Sciences and a PhD in fisheries and aquatic sciences, her academic career has covered many aspects of nutritional sciences pursuing scientific research to enhance and improve the nutritional status of beef & dairy cattle; small companion animals; freshwater, marine, ornamental and food fish. In 2016, Juli-Anne started a snack food company utilizing 100% natural ingredients reminiscent of my Jamaican childhood. Juli-Anne’s Tropical Kitchen is the idea of one Jamaican foodie who loves to travel, loves art,  and the happy things of life. 

Married to an Italian, Juli-Anne is passionate about exploring the similarities between the two cultures through the things I love most - food, art, music, and lifestyle. As a certified Hatha and vinyasa yoga teacher, she has been led to share with other mothers and families how to prepare healthy meals, eating healthily throughout the day, finding time to exercise and keeping the sanity. She likes to call herself a home chef and traveling between Jamaica, and Italy Juli-Anne learned to combine the flavors of the places I call home. 

Things We Mention In This Episode:

• Juli-Anne Royes
• Connect with Juli-Anne on Instagram
• Apply for next session of Hungry For a Cookbook Mastermind Group
• Download a copy of my Cookbook Writing Roadmap
• Please join our Confident Cookbook Writer Facebook Group
• Let’s connect on Instagram @greenapron

Listen up everyone. Even if you don’t have a podcast, this episode has gems for anyone who wants to start something and keep it going for 3 years or more. That’s right. What does it take to sustain a project like a podcast for 3 years, every Thursday for 156 episodes. Well that’s what this episode is all about: deciding, committing, planning, batching, listening, being willing, focusing, technology, team, and YOU my precious and valuable listeners. I’m not sure I’ve made a difference to everyone (that’s impossible), but I DO know I’ve made a difference to someone. Love you all and thanks for joining me on this journey.

Things We Mention In This EpisodLearn more about How to Get Paid to Write a Cookbook during this free masterclass 

Welcome to the final episode of the podcast for 2023! Today I want to wrap up 2023 on a positive note and with a few words of encouragement for you all. 2023 was a year of transition for me, maybe it was for you too? So I asked myself if in 2024 I want to keep telling the same stories to myself and others. If I plan to continue writing, cooking, podcasting, consulting, teaching, and coaching what new stories can I tell? There are always new possibilities to explore so what will 2024 intentionally hold for each of us? On the podcast today I will share four questions we can ask ourselves as we head into 2024 as cookbook readers, writers, collectors, and members of cookbook clubs.