Cookbook Love Podcast

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast, I'm honored to have an interview with Uliks Fehmiu. Uliks is an actor, producer, and self-taught baker. In 1992 he co-founded the Pain d'Avinon bakery with three friends. Today on the podcast, we talk about Uliks journey in Belgrade amid the beginnings of a war and continued in America as these four friends opened their ti...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast, I'm excited to have an interview with Susan Gravely. In her debut cookbook, Italy on a Plate, Susan Gravely celebrates 40 years as Founder and Creative Director of VIETRI, a lifestyle brand offering handcrafted Italian tabletop and home and garden accessories. With a foreword by Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Su...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. I'm excited to be here today to geek out a little bit about a law of physics I've been thinking a lot about, and that's the law of entropy. So what in the world does entropy have to do with cookbooks and cookbook writing? Today on the podcast, I define entropy and give some examples of how entropy works in our bodies as writers, our kitchens, o...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast, I'm excited to have an interview with Lei Shishak. Lei is the author of the new cookbook Easy Plant-Based Cooking for Two: Delicious Vegan Recipes to Enjoy Together . Lei has always loved to read recipes. And this love for recipe reading led Lei to a journey of owning her bakery, finding a literary agent, writing five cook...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. I decided to record this episode back-to-back with Episode 230, so I don't know the outcome of the Bengals game yet. But I thought I'd take advantage of my quiet morning here to record a podcast. I've been thinking a lot about the limits we place on ourselves in our businesses, lives, and relationships that don't allow us to grow and live the f...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast, I want to talk more about practice. But before we get started, I'm recording this podcast episode on the day it's released. Shout out to my production partner Scott for working with my schedule and my twist of events as I wrapped up my five-day live training called Live Like a Writer last week. Is there anything in your li...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. This week I am hosting a live training inside my community called Live Like a Writer. What a fantastic week we've had as I teach about the value of writers, the value of writing, and the value of our regular writing practice. Today on the podcast, I want to share with you all the process I  taught this week inside the training that you can appl...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I want to ask you a few questions: Do you dream of writing but wonder if you have what it takes because you need an English or culinary degree? Do you want to elevate your writing and share it with others or tell people that you're writing but find yourself comparing yourself to published writers? Do you want to start a writing routine bu...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Happy New Year I'm excited to be here with some thoughts and updates about cookbook writing in 2023. My signature program, Get Paid to Get Published, is going strong. For 2023, I am excited to announce some fantastic new opportunities for my students to help them build their authority, create an audience, and write a  3-year cookbook and cookbo...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast I talk about publishers investments. When we think about what publishers invest in (paying advances to writers, print runs of books, reaching readers, and connecting with booksellers, retail establishments, and libraries) we can come to see their role in a more expansive light than just book producers. Along those same line...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I want to offer you a podcast about the belief that publishers are waiting for us to send them our idea, agents are waiting for us to query them for representation, and they are actively waiting for us to send them our ideas. If you truly believed this, how would you feel, and what actions would you take TODAY, knowing that they are lined...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I'm excited to have an interview with Ann Lancaster. Ann is a teacher, cookbook collector, and cookbook lover. Ann founded a cooking club that has been meeting on Monday nights for over 10 years. On today's episode of the podcast we talk about how to start your own cooking club with Ann's tips for running a successful cooking club from sc...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I'm excited to have an interview with Marcia Smart. Marcia Smart is a culinary instructor, nationally-published food writer, and the owner of Smart in the Kitchen School. Inside this beautiful cookbook, you'll find Marcia's favorite cooking class recipes and be inspired to prepare them in your kitchen. Dinner is Done also includes Marcia'...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I'm excited to have an interview with Georgina Hayden. Georgina is a cook, food writer and stylist, and the author of Nistisima: The Secret to Delicious Vegan Cooking from the Mediterranean . Nistisima, filled with stories, tips, trips, and photography, explores not only plant-based eating but the practice of fasting from animal products...

Hello and Happy Thanksgiving, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today on the podcast, I have a special episode dedicated to family cookbooks with Christina Gibson, Director of Growth for Create My Cookbook.  CreateMyCookbook is dedicated to achieving one goal - allowing its customers to create the best cookbook they will ever own. CreateMyCookbook makes creating professional quality p...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. When Linda Skeens gained sudden and widespread fame for winning dozens of ribbons at the Virginia-Kentucky District Fair in the summer of 2022, people across the country began asking, "Who is Linda Skeens?"  Linda's first-ever published collection of recipes and family stories, Blue-Ribbon Kitchen: Recipes and Tips from America's Favorite Count...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Spending time with our family and friends has never felt so important - and so often, this means cooking for the ones you love. Who better to take inspiration from than the Pasta Grannies who have spent their lives plating comfort and connection? Today on the podcast, I'm excited to serve up a conversation with Vicky Bennison. Vicky is the crea...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I'm thrilled to host an interview with Rose Levy Beranbaum. Rose is the author of 12 cookbooks including Rose's Baking Basics, The Baking Bible, and the ever-popular The Cake Bible. Rose is beloved by home bakers and professionals for her attention to detail and the development of baking recipes that are thoroughly tested and edited. Today...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I want to talk about online options for self-publishing a cookbook using a print on demand service. Print on demand service helps independent authors print their cookbooks. Some print on demand services also offer distribution to bookstores. Listen in as I discuss 4 major players in the print on demand space and their advantages and disadv...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast. Today I want to talk today to cookbook writers who feel stuck, unsure, unclear, or like they need to make a decision. One way that I help myself gain clarity about what I'm thinking is to write. And the easiest way for me to write when I feel stuck or unclear is to ask myself questions. I call this sort of exercise reflective writing. Tune in to...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast - today on the podcast I'm excited to share an interview with Carrie Bachman. Carrie is the owner of Carrie Bachman Public Relations a full-service, boutique public relations firm specializing in the cookbook and gourmet product industry. Carrie's firm takes pride in creating innovative nationwide publicity campaigns that result in maximum exposu...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast - today on the podcast I'm excited to share an interview with Molly Gilbert. Molly is the founder of the food blog Dunk & Crumble and according to the back of her new book  the original Sheet Pan Queen. A decade ago Molly's hit debut cookbook Sheet Pan Suppers birthed one of the biggest food trends in getting dinner on the table quickly, efficien...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast - today I want to share with you some fun information about four Eastern European cookbooks being released this fall. This is from an article I read in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend. I've linked to all of the cookbooks discussed in the show notes below. And remind you that the Pan to Profit Swag Bag offer is still open until October 1s...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast - today I want to take some time to talk to you about your platform as a cookbook writer. We'll talk about what a platform is, what a platform isn't, and ways that you can build a platform, including a litmus test question for whether what you build or add to your platform will help you find an audience for your cookbook. Also, the doors  for the...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast - today I'm excited to have an interview with Maria Provenzano. Maria is a television personality, author, and creator of the lifestyle online destination fromscratchwithmaria.com where Maria curates the best in food, craft, home decor and so much more. Maria's website is the hub of all her recipes and crafts and where you can learn about upcomin...