The full process of writing a cookbook: from proposal to publication. Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough give you an insider’s guide to the full process, a behind-the-scenes look at how a cookbook finally gets to a bookstore. Plus, a one-minute cooking tip about keeping ginger fresh. And what’s making us happy in food this week!
Read MoreOur latest cookbook, out in the summer of 2025: COLD CANNING. Small batches, no pressure or steam canning needed, a few jars of the best jams, chutneys, chili crisps, salsas, marmalades, ketchups, barbecue sauces, relishes, pickles, and more. Save the best of the season without much work at all!
Read MoreHow do the professionals develop new recipes? Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough have got an inside look at the process it takes to come up with a new recipe, using the fabulous dessert, a trifle, as their hypothetical. They’ve also got a one-minute cooking tip about butter. And they’ll tell you what’s making them happy in food this week.
Read MoreBruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough talk about the problems of authenticity and ethnic identification in recipes and recipe titles, based on their twenty-five years in the cookbook business. They’ll tell you how things have changed and the distinct problems with the trap of authenticity that has both opened up and closed down recipe-writing in our contemporary world.
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