Originally aired on April 13, 2022

Kate leads today's discussion about the recipe development, curation and testing that go into creating a cookbook. Andrea, Molly and Kristin each share their individual recipe writing processes and the tools used behind the scenes to keep everything organized. They discuss sticking to theme, finding your audience and what can take away from the magic of cooking as well as the juggling act of attribution and importance of recipe testers. Finally, Molly tells us about a recent cookbook that has her inspired.

Hosts: Kate Leahy + Andrea Nguyen + Molly Stevens + Kristin Donnelly

Editor: Abby Cerquitella

Mentions:

• Kristin spreadsheet template
• Bryan Ford

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• Colombiana: A Rediscovery of Recipes & Rituals from the Soul of Colombia, by Marian Velásquez

Kate, Molly, Andrea and Kristin begin the episode with an apology about a technical snafu that plagued our website's Contact page and some corrections. They go through some listener questions and discuss copyeditors and the other roles editors can play, share advice, ideas, theories and encouragements about a range of topics, share insights on how to survive the submission process and thoughts on genre mash-ups. This episode closes out Season 8 but we'll be back very soon with Season 9! Thank you for listening and participating!

Hosts: Kate Leahy + Molly Stevens + Kristin Donnelly + Andrea Nguyen

Editor: Abby Cerquitella

Mentions

Kristin Donnelly's Cookbook Coaching Services

Will This Make You Happy, by Tanya Bush

KitchenBookshelf on Instagram

CultFlave on YouTube

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Publishers Marketplace

Sally Ekus' Substack

Jenna Helwig's Substack

Episode 122: Start With Who

Episode 137: Being a Cookbook Editor with Sarah Billingsley of Chronicle Books

Episode 158: Cookbook Marketing and Publicity with Brianne Sperber and Felix Cruz

Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the show

• Dirt Candy by Amanda Cohen
• Heartland Masala by Jyoti Mukharji and Auyon Mukharji
• Will This Make You Happy, by Tanya Bush

Kristin and Molly speak with journalist and cookbook co-author Korsha Wilson about her experiences in the world of food media. Korsha shares the magazine that sparked her initial interest, her educational approach and a behind the scenes look at some of her projects. She talks about her evolving views on recipes, what her hopes are for her work and how she approaches the research portion of a project. She discusses weaving together the design and content portions of a book, the process of mimicking voices in a collaboration along with establishing her own before sharing some freelancing insights and a peek into her upcoming project, ending the episode with advice she has for aspiring food writers.

Hosts: Kate Leahy + Molly Stevens + Kristin Donnelly + Andrea Nguyen

Editor: Abby Cerquitella

Mentions

Korsha Wilson

• Website
• A Hungry Society Podcast
• Instagram

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Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the show

• Ghana to the World, by Eric Adjepong with Korsha Wilson
• Vegan Mob, by Toriano Gordon with Korsha Wilson