BONUS Re-release: 01: Should You Write a Cookbook?

To mark our 2 year anniversary, we're re-releasing our very first episode! 


Kate leads today's discussion on the most important question to ask before you sit down to write your cookbook: Should you write a cookbook? Molly, Andrea and Kristin share their individual journeys as authors and provide some insights into what goes on behind the decision to move forward with a project. They chat about the importance of hustle, platform and studying the elements in your favorite cookbooks as well as some of the books they decided against creating. Finally, Molly shares a Tip of the Week and Andrea lets us know which cookbook has captured her attention lately.



Hosts: Kate Leahy (https://www.kateleahycooks.com/) + Andrea Nguyen (https://www.vietworldkitchen.com/) + Molly Stevens (https://www.mollystevenscooks.com/) + Kristin Donnelly (https://kristindonnelly.squarespace.c...)


Editor: Abby Cerquitella (https://abigail-cerquitella.squarespa...)


 


Mentions:


Jane Friedman.com (https://friedman.com/)


Heidi Swanson's 101 Cookbooks website (https://www.101cookbooks.com/)


Susan Chang's Podcast: The Level Teaspoon (https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-lev...)


The New York Times Magazine article about why dictionaries are valuable (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/ma...)



 


Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/everythingc...) to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the show

• Taste & Technique (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97816077...) by Naomi Pomeroy
• Mister Jiu's in Chinatown: Recipes and Stories from the Birthplace of Chinese American Food (https://bookshop.org/a/79572/97819848...) by Brandon Jew