I want to get a cookbook published. I tried submitting a cookbook of crock pot recipes but got turned down by 10 publishers. One of them told me that kind of cookbook is to common and to come up with a cookbook that normally you wouldn't find in book store. So I'm asking everyone what kind of cookbook you don't really see in stores but would buy if you saw it?
2006-12-14 05:52:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Leftovers, not just reheated but reinventing different dishes form what you had. Another one that I was even thinking about is what can you "Cook" in a hotel room with just the Iron, think about that one
2006-12-14 05:59:22 · answer #1 · answered by Steve G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most recipes have a requirement for chicken soup or something in a can. I would love to see a cookbook where you make everything from scratch, and also which describes how to do it very easily and quickly. I think most people are really trying to eat as healthy as possible. I know I try to eat well all the time.
Just the other day a friend and I were talking about somedays not having the energy to make a nice dinner. She had told me that she had done a menu for two weeks at a time when her kids were young and involved in a lot of activities. She just never had time to come home from work and wreck her brain on what she was going to make for dinner. It took away the stress. It reduces overspending at the grocery store, and you never have to throw out food.
My suggestion to you, would be to make menus for two weeks for the everyday person that eats chicken, beef, pork, fish, and vegetarian. It would be a godsend for someone like me. If I may suggest, having a wine that goes with it would be great.
2006-12-14 14:16:21 · answer #2 · answered by Kim B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congrats on trying to get one published! I'm still working on mine and haven't gotten to the submission stage yet.
How about old recipes? Like things your great-grandparents and relatives made? Or go with whatever your ethnicity is, like Cajun or German? Or maybe gear it towards college students who are learning how to cook and on a budget? I have cookbooks here with just sauces, just dressings, just chicken, just pasta, etc... Maybe they're looking for more of a niche.
Heck, I'd buy your crockpot book in a second. I love my crockpot. I also have tons of community and church cookbooks with everything under the sun. The only thing I don't like about those is the index isn't helpful if you're looking for one ingredient like broccoli.
Good luck, and tell us all if you get it published!
2006-12-14 14:08:00 · answer #3 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd gather maybe a buch of great recipes that families love. As a stay at home mom I need more recipes that all my kids, my husband & I would enjoy. It's a pain to fix something for all of us and have to make a bowl of cereal for my picky eatters. Do you know what I'm saying??? Every now and then we'll find something we all love and I have tried hard to gather them together in one place. We tired of having the same old thing.
Also maybe included left over ideas. People like more hands on things so a cook book that maybe they could place a check mark (make like a square or something) this way they remember they tried it and everyone liked it. Also maybe a spot under each recipe so you can make notes to how you adjusted the recipe to suit your family. For example I made something once and I have tons of notes around it like "small scoops, add cheese on top".
Good luck. I'd love to be published too someday. ; )
2006-12-14 14:07:00 · answer #4 · answered by Faith 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pancake and waffle cookbook. I actually tried to look for one of these that had only pancakes and waffles from around the world. I have not found one I like.
I bought some one an old fashioned waffle iron and I wanted to get them a book to go with it.
I think something with the history of pancakes and waffles would be good too.
2006-12-14 14:06:02 · answer #5 · answered by Jamie A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about food from 50's and 60's style diners? Not just burgers and fries and shakes, but like meatloaf and mashed potatoes, hot beef plates, everything from breakfast and brunch to lunch, dinner and dessert menus, maybe even drinks as well? That's a recipe book I'd buy.
2006-12-14 15:53:30 · answer #6 · answered by Freespiritseeker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not go to the supermarket and look at all the unusual fruits and vegetables and meats and whatever else and dream up recipes for your. book? Of course you have to make them first to see how they turn out. Try recipes for tripe, sweetbreads,(cow thymus blands), pigs feet, anything unusual. There are a lot of specialty ethnic veggies also in the market to experiment with too.
2006-12-14 14:48:21 · answer #7 · answered by COACH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A soul food cook book, or a comfort food cook book would be good.
2006-12-14 13:56:31 · answer #8 · answered by Common_Sense2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋