what's cooking
Last year, I put together a group of photos from Wellfleet and had them bound as a book through one of those flickr offshoot programs. The book looks pretty good, but, looking back I think I'd use a different service.
I was forced to preview the layouts with the photos in postage stamp size and was never able to see which pictures might need more cropping or some touching up.
Anyway...
We've decided to print up a cookbook -
we are currently working from a notebook that K has kept for at least 15 years, a binder of recipes from magazines and a loose stack of downloaded stuff. This has proved frustrating on several occasions.
We figure it will take many months to cook our full repertoire, photograph each dish and type them into the layout pages that K has created - and now you know what our families will be receiving next Christmas.
So.
We're eating very well of late -
and I thought I'd show you some of the dishes...
K's Perfect Chili
Youngest makes it yin yang.
Tonkatsu
Beef Stew
Pork Tenderloin
Oatmeal (which may not go into the book, but which is Irish Steel Cut oats)
Macaroni Pie (we need a new photo of Macaroni Pie)
Chicken Soup
Cassoulet (that plate needs wiping!)
Bread
That's it so far -
this week we are going to shoot shepherd's pie, ziti with bacon, peas and ricotta, and maybe I'll talk K into a creme brulee this weekend...
I was forced to preview the layouts with the photos in postage stamp size and was never able to see which pictures might need more cropping or some touching up.
Anyway...
We've decided to print up a cookbook -
we are currently working from a notebook that K has kept for at least 15 years, a binder of recipes from magazines and a loose stack of downloaded stuff. This has proved frustrating on several occasions.
We figure it will take many months to cook our full repertoire, photograph each dish and type them into the layout pages that K has created - and now you know what our families will be receiving next Christmas.
So.
We're eating very well of late -
and I thought I'd show you some of the dishes...
K's Perfect Chili
Youngest makes it yin yang.
Tonkatsu
Beef Stew
Pork Tenderloin
Oatmeal (which may not go into the book, but which is Irish Steel Cut oats)
Macaroni Pie (we need a new photo of Macaroni Pie)
Chicken Soup
Cassoulet (that plate needs wiping!)
Bread
That's it so far -
this week we are going to shoot shepherd's pie, ziti with bacon, peas and ricotta, and maybe I'll talk K into a creme brulee this weekend...
Comments
Family huh?
That being said, it all looks yummy and I would totally buy a bb & K cookbook.
I mean, a Really Great Idea.
I have a list of what recipe is where and have often thought DAMMIT I should just rip out the good recipes from cookbooks and put them all in one place! But I cannot rip up books - even books that have ONE worthwhile thing.
I can tell this might be something one could do with children in full-time school...
Good luck! The food looks really yummy.
he has had that notebook longer then 15 years, I remember it at a young age, and AHEM, im pushin 40
you can use iPhoto to make books and there is a nice preview feature and many nice styles. I am thinking of doing one from our thanksgiving camping trip.
b
Let me know if I can offer one of those gratuituous blurbs for the dust jacket.
-J.
ideas. i think you're going to have to sell them to the internet.
mom2
Your recipes always sound fabulous. Nothing like looking at recipes to get the cooking creative juices flowing.
Be sure to tell us when we can all buy the book.
I'll volunteer....