Writing Cookbooks

Janet Arnett is the former campus manager of adult education at Ontario’s Georgian College. She is the author of Antiques and Collectibles: Starting Small, The Grange at Knock, and 673 Ways to Save Money.

For those dreaming of writing a cookbook, Comfort provides a
step-by-step plan and lots of encouragement served with a side dish of
realism.

The book covers developing the idea, organizing the contents, planning,
market research, testing recipes, writing formats and styles,
publishing, and promotion. A chapter on publishing a cookbook as a
fund-raiser will be of interest to community groups.

Throughout, the options of self-publishing or contracting with a
commercial publisher are considered. Checklists and forms for planning
and analysis make the book a working manual, and encourage readers to
act on their dreams.

Comfort, the author of five cookbooks, writes from experience and
quickly establishes a coaching/motivating tone. She is generous with
insights and heaps on facts and information. There is a sense that she
enjoys sharing her knowledge and genuinely wants the reader to succeed.

This work belongs in every self-employment resource centre, and in the
hands of every entrepreneurial cook.