Tag: Cookbooks

Ask the Editor: Making Your Cookbook “Picture Perfect”

Filed in Ask the Editor by Brittnee Newman on June 20, 2013 • 0 Comments

This month, Xulon Press is all about self-publishing your recipes—we’ve gone cookbook crazy! One of the most important components of a cookbook is, of course, the pictures! To get the skinny on how to capture your picture-perfect casseroles, sauces and sides, we’ve tapped into the brains of our resident food & photography experts. Meet our panel: […]

The Recipe That Bonds My Family Together

Filed in From the Desk of... by Erika Bennett on June 18, 2013 • 1 Comment

Every now and again, I run across character traits that leave me wondering if I’m the black sheep of my family. Usually, it’s an action I’ve never seen anyone else do and I wonder, is it me? For instance, I love chocolate chip cookie dough, but I hate the chocolate chips in the dough. Something […]

Author Inspirations: Whipping Up Your First Cookbook

Filed in Author Inspirations by Krystina Murray on June 11, 2013 • 0 Comments

The moment has come to compile your favorite recipes in a fun cookbook. You may be wondering where to begin, where to get your recipes from and how to make your cookbook unique. Compiling a cookbook may not be as hard as you think! But first, why not dabble in writing about your favorite dishes? […]

Food for Thought: Calling All Authors with Recipes and Cookbooks!

Filed in Author Inspirations by Brittnee Newman on June 4, 2013 • 0 Comments

I’m always anxious for the advent of summer and the wonderful things it brings with it: the musical hum of lawn sprinklers being turned on full-blast for children to run through; the lazy way that the sun starts to drag out each evening; the electric snap-crackle-pop of a thunderstorm as a universally welcome reprieve from […]