tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post114713376753578020..comments2023-09-23T07:40:40.152-05:00Comments on FOOD SNOB: "Party of One"Catherine Weberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05840408638057727714noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147316878208126202006-05-10T22:07:00.000-05:002006-05-10T22:07:00.000-05:00Kai, thanks for the help! I haven't checked my em...Kai, thanks for the help! I haven't checked my email yet, but will write down your email address and send you something fun soon. Do your girls like to bake? I could send you some cookie or muffin recipes or something!Catherine Weberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05840408638057727714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147294888810259322006-05-10T16:01:00.000-05:002006-05-10T16:01:00.000-05:00Catherine, I just sent you an email. Sorry for com...Catherine, I just sent you an email. Sorry for coming here late. <BR/><BR/>I had no idea you're up to something and as I was reading I was thinking- oh, that wouldn't be me- I feed a family! But hey, I would really like to pitch in, besides this would be a cool homeschool project- testing for a future cooking diva/author. Whoa! And if you think about it, you have 5 testers in one here, ranging from ages 1 to 36!<BR/><BR/>A vegetarian cookbook author from Mpls--how awesome is that?Flo @ Yielded Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605892450723387204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147276012185319902006-05-10T10:46:00.000-05:002006-05-10T10:46:00.000-05:00Sound absolutely awesome, and Ilove the idea. I wi...Sound absolutely awesome, and Ilove the idea. I wish you the very best!Fiberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16869845035804289989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147265700155503042006-05-10T07:55:00.000-05:002006-05-10T07:55:00.000-05:00Hi Catherine! Well, very exciting... good for you...Hi Catherine! Well, very exciting... good for you! :) I have posted a response to you back on my blog - it's a bit long, but hopefully some of the info will help you. Good luck!Dreenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16551890320761504899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147235483845291452006-05-09T23:31:00.000-05:002006-05-09T23:31:00.000-05:00Wow! Looks like it will be an awesome book!*Great ...Wow! Looks like it will be an awesome book!<BR/><BR/>*Great concept<BR/>*Love the sack lunch section<BR/>*Love that it is based around whole foods<BR/><BR/>Tell me when the cookbook is ready, so I can but a copy!<BR/><BR/>-JulieJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442480504099194624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147235438942636642006-05-09T23:30:00.000-05:002006-05-09T23:30:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442480504099194624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147233982446555772006-05-09T23:06:00.000-05:002006-05-09T23:06:00.000-05:00Hey Courtney,Welcome! If you click on "view my co...Hey Courtney,<BR/>Welcome! If you click on "view my complete profile," there should be a link to MY email address in there -- go ahead and drop me a line. Do you have a blog? (Or are you planning on starting one?)<BR/><BR/>Leslie, believe it or not, it gets hot enough here to avoid the oven during the summer, too! I eat a lot of salad, smoothies, yogurt, toast, cereal, pasta salad, bean burgers, and other simple foods. :)Catherine Weberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05840408638057727714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147226703484325602006-05-09T21:05:00.000-05:002006-05-09T21:05:00.000-05:00Thanks for your comment about stove-top only. Oh, ...Thanks for your comment about stove-top only. Oh, and for not showing the entire world (who's visiting your blog) my email. I look forward to raw and or stovetop recipes. Plus, it'll be waaaay too hot here soon to use the oven anyway!Eat Peace Pleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08754499534650636430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147220790291737992006-05-09T19:26:00.000-05:002006-05-09T19:26:00.000-05:00Thanks for all of your offers of help, everyone!Fi...Thanks for all of your offers of help, everyone!<BR/><BR/>First off, comment moderation stinks, so I'm turning it back off. However, I will put a link to my email address somewhere on here (my profile page?) so if you want to help test recipes, shoot me an email. (I was able to scrounge up Anna, Dori, Leslie, and Melissa's email addresses. Everyone else, I'll need your address still.<BR/><BR/>Leslie, you were the only one that requested I not publish your email address, and I deleted that comment. Anyone else, feel free to delete your comment if you want to remove your email address from here! I'm really sorry this got so screwed up -- comment moderation just doesn't like me. Sheesh.<BR/><BR/>okay . . . <BR/><BR/>Emily: I have a chickpea pocket pie recipe I'm working on, and once I get the pastry dough just right, would you like to test it out?<BR/><BR/>Michelle: there isn't much in the Sack It! section, but you're my gal. I'll pass some off to you on Friday night, even! (Attack of the TV Sound -- look out Current and Mark Wheat, here we come!!!!!)<BR/><BR/>Leslie: I'll send you stovetop-only recipes :)<BR/><BR/>Melissa: I'll send something your way!<BR/><BR/>Megan: I think I'd ultimately like to go with a publishing company, just because I know there is no way I can afford to self-publish this. Ideally, I'd like to choose a local publishing company if one is interested, but then again, the big ones will get the book out there that much faster. I should pop over to Dreena's blog and let her know I'm looking for her advice! I plan on each recipe having its own page, with wide margins for note-taking. I'd love to include a photo of every recipe . . . but that would significantly drive up the cost of the book. I don't want to price myself out of my niche market! I'm torn.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again, everyone!Catherine Weberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05840408638057727714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147220270163245652006-05-09T19:17:00.000-05:002006-05-09T19:17:00.000-05:00Hi!I am a fellow Minneapolis dweller, and I only r...Hi!<BR/><BR/>I am a fellow Minneapolis dweller, and I only recently found your blog--I love it! I would love to help you test vegan recipes! I am not sure how to give you my e-mail address without it being posted, though...does anyone know how to do this?<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>CourtneyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147216211593284762006-05-09T18:10:00.000-05:002006-05-09T18:10:00.000-05:00Hi Catherine,Congratulations! You've really done ...Hi Catherine,<BR/>Congratulations! You've really done a lot of work! And all before considering what to do about publishers. Do you know if you are considering self publication or going with a company? I know there are two schools of thought...although, I don't know much about either. I'd be curious what Dreena or other people with experience have to say. I'm one of those...someday I might want to write a cookbook people, but I haven't done a thing about it yet.<BR/><BR/>I'd be happy to test vegan recipes for you.<BR/><BR/>Tips for your book - I really like it when cookbooks give you suggested variations on the dish. That way you can make it when you have most but not exactly all of the ingredients. And, it gives you a lot of diversity in the same recipe (ie- double the value). I also like it when cookbooks devote at a minimum page per recipe. I don't know why...maybe I like the extra white space so I can write notes/comments. Oh..and pretty pictures always catch my eye!<BR/><BR/>Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147214750523491832006-05-09T17:45:00.000-05:002006-05-09T17:45:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12402185814559337775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147213908724208722006-05-09T17:31:00.001-05:002006-05-09T17:31:00.001-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Eat Peace Pleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08754499534650636430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147213872886190792006-05-09T17:31:00.000-05:002006-05-09T17:31:00.000-05:00I am MORE than happy to test for you. This book so...I am MORE than happy to test for you. This book sounds great and I will certainly purchase it but I'll just double some recipes! I like how the chapters are titled and I enjoy reading your blog so I know I'll enjoy the cookbook. <BR/><BR/>Start sending the recipes, I'll send my email in another comment to not-publish. <BR/><BR/>I'm excited for you...Eat Peace Pleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08754499534650636430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147202071861183682006-05-09T14:14:00.000-05:002006-05-09T14:14:00.000-05:00I would love to help test your recipes.... especia...I would love to help test your recipes.... especially the Sack it! section. I bring my lunch/dinner to work everyday and I usually get stuck in a rut, when I get sick of the rut, I end up eating out too much. It is not a good cycle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147191467389917392006-05-09T11:17:00.000-05:002006-05-09T11:17:00.000-05:00I'd be interested in testing just about anything, ...I'd be interested in testing just about anything, but I'm always up for anything involving chickpeas (I love them!).<BR/><BR/>I'd rather not post my address, but you get it when you get notified of this post, right?Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18166448252167535792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147182398257399512006-05-09T08:46:00.000-05:002006-05-09T08:46:00.000-05:00your book sound very interesting, hope we can see ...your book sound very interesting, hope we can see it soon, i will like to test for you too.although I would double main meal recipes to feed my husband and little girl so I'm not sure if that's useful or not! too, let me know, itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147179880276662672006-05-09T08:04:00.000-05:002006-05-09T08:04:00.000-05:00Dori, ha, ha! You're right -- fancy food should c...Dori, ha, ha! You're right -- fancy food should come later. :) Would you be willing to help test some recipes for me?<BR/><BR/>Anna, thanks for the offer of help! I'll email you some recipes to try soon. I appreciate your opinion -- I've actually cut that section way down a couple of times already, and plan to trim it a bit further still. There are tons of great vegan/vegetarian cookbooks out there already, and since my cookbook has a pretty small niche, I didn't want to forget this part. (Especially because my focus is what you don't need in a teeny apartment kitchen -- stripping it down to the bare essentials.) My experience has been that many single people I know don't cook because they don't have decent equipment and they don't really know how -- so I thought I'd help them out a bit. I figure it's easy for us pros, too, to skip right past that section and move on to the good stuff!Catherine Weberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05840408638057727714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147172240129703492006-05-09T05:57:00.000-05:002006-05-09T05:57:00.000-05:00Hiya! I'm happy to test for you. I can do baked ...Hiya! I'm happy to test for you. I can do baked goods (vegan please) or vegan meals, although I would double main meal recipes to feed my DH and small child so I'm not sure if that's useful or not!<BR/><BR/>You can find me at http://veganfoodforthought.blogspot.com or annadh at gmail dot com.<BR/><BR/>My only comment would be that almost every single cookbook I have has a list of what I need in my kitchen and what ingredients to have on hand which annoys me as I am paying for recipes rather than that kind of information. It's not just your target audience who will buy your book and most of us don't need tons of that information, I'm a vegan cookbook whore! Hope that doesn't sound negative, it's something I'd say to any cookbook writer! :o)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09025074547529568579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11195595.post-1147150046871291772006-05-08T23:47:00.000-05:002006-05-08T23:47:00.000-05:00Section 9: Fancy food for fancy days.Save this one...Section 9: Fancy food for fancy days.<BR/><BR/>Save this one for the flying food snob. This will be the time you are traveling the world (from book one royalties) sampling international cuisine for your followers to prepare on fancier days.Dorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001818777096357255noreply@blogger.com