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Rejected Cookbook Text

Just got the first edit of the Working Class Foodies cookbook manuscript from my editor. Her edits are full of great advice and savvy cuts. There are a few things I wrote that don’t need to be in the book, but that I think are good advice (or whatever?) anyway. This is one:

Remember, all that matters is that you think the dish tastes good. This book starts out as mine, but I want you to make it yours. Make it make sense for you and make food taste how you like it. Start with the best, freshest ingredients that have been fucked around with as little as possible prior to you getting your hands on them. Then, tasting often, go to town on them. Give them the time of their lives. Risk burning your tongue as you taste things; it’s worth it.  These dishes are all designed to be adapted, changed and perfected to your tastes.

What do you guys think?

Date 15th May 2012

Notes 31

Tags #food    #cooking    #cookbook    #lit    #prose    #wcfoodies    #working class foodies    #book deal    #book deals   

  1. anthropologymother answered: A keeper
  2. corwinneuse answered: “Start with the best, freshest ingredients that have been fucked” <-lol! I didn’t read past that part. Was there something else?
  3. illathrael answered: Did she give reason for cutting it out? I can see how it can be viewed as too “wordy.”
  4. goddessofknittingandcake answered: Sounds like the perfect intro to a cookbook that I would plan on using frequently.
  5. scarsandall answered: I LOVE IT!
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  7. badgirlseatingfeelings answered: I agree 100 percent!
  8. hello-mynameismegan answered: I like it, it makes sense. So many people follow recipes to the T and that’s not the way to get it just right to your tastes :)
  9. phenomenalskies said: I think I’m sad that bit is being edited out. It’s brilliant
  10. commishgirl answered: This advice should be added. I need a cookbook that is not so full of itself and encourages a “fresher” way of thinking!
  11. i-like-eating-com answered: I agree wholeheartedly and don’t know why that needed to be edited out! Cooking is all about your senses and your creativity. You guys rock!
  12. jakerawr answered: Replace the last word of every sentence with the word “breasts”.
  13. impulsiveobsessions answered: I like it. It feels real and personal, and is likely to resonate with lots of people who are timid when cooking.
  14. burleygirlie answered: Make sure the important stuff stays!!
  15. theramblingark answered: I like it. I can tell this comes from your personal voice. Good advice!
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