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On Cookbooks and Writing ...

On Cookbooks and Writing ...

Dianne Jacob, Laura Lippman, Pableaux Johnson, as well as food, drink, books, movies and great links...

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Feb 01, 2025
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After

Dianne Jacob
interviewed me about writing and cookbooks for her newsletter (see below), I got to wondering (again, and always) what makes a cookbook valuable? And more important, what is the place of cookbooks in an age of free recipes for just about anything right there on your phone?

First and foremost, books offer story and the unique voice of the writer. T…

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