Writing Cookbooks

Description

171 pages
Contains Photos, Bibliography
$15.95
ISBN 1-55180-115-9
DDC 808'.066641

Publisher

Year

1997

Contributor

Reviewed by Janet Arnett

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.

 

Review

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.

Citation

Comfort, Judith., “Writing Cookbooks,” Canadian Book Review Annual Online, accessed October 6, 2024, https://cbra.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/2428.