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Lynn, love Lulu. She is just as beautiful today as she has ever been.
She is featured on the "Duane Allman Antholigy II" album.

Just thought I would weigh in with what I think is an important consideration. For most kinds of books which may only be read once...an e-book might work well...but for a cookbook...consider how it would be used. How many times do you look through a cookbook? I have an enormous collection of cookbooks that I peruse on a frequent basis looking for a new recipe or a favorite one. If I use my computer, it is only to search for a specific recipe which I then must print off and take to the kitchen in order to use it. My computer is not in the kitchen. So...for ease of use...I much prefer a hardbound cookbook that I can keep in my kitchen and use over and over. Others may have different preferences...but I would pay far more for a cookbook I can physically hold in my hands than for an ebook where I have to suffer through advertising I don't want, an e-dress I will probably forget and other issues. I may be old fashioned...but I love cookbooks...if they are real books.

It may be a good idea to offer options in order to accommodate the preferences of different folks.

Hugs,
Bobbie

I use cookbooks and I use the internet to search for recipes. Like Bobby, I thoroughly enjoy holding a cookbook in my hand and perusing it for recipes.

I use cookbooks and I use the internet to search for recipes. Like Bobby, I thoroughly enjoy holding a cookbook in my hand and perusing it for recipes.

The thought of Havarti and Sourdough together sounds divine.

I see no reasons other than possible financial, that would preclude offering both a hard copy and an ebook.

Oh, just occurred to me, DOH, one could easily use a three ring binder to hold the pages of an ebook.
I know we have on binder chock full of recipes.

I agree with Bobbie. I keep the cookbooks in the kitchen. Recipes I find online I print out and then stick to the 'frigerator (which is in the kitchen). No computer in the kitchen. We ain't that high-tech, and probably never will be. If I had the e-book, I would end up printing out the recipes I wanted. If it was already printed, I wouldn't have to.

Joe

Mama Lisa's Blueberry Banana Walnut Muffins

Just the best darned muffins you will ever eat.

2 cups white flour
½ cup wheat flour
½ cup white sugar
½ cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
6 Tbsp cold unsalted butter, cut up
1 cup roughly chopped walnuts
2 med bananas
2/3 cup milk
2 eggs
½ tsp almond extract
1 pint fresh blueberries

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a LARGE 6 muffin size tin. In a large bowl
combine flour, sugars, baking powders and salt. Cut in butter until mixture
resembles course crumbs. Stir in walnuts. In a separate bowl, mash bananas
and mix in milk, eggs and almond extract. Fold in blueberries. Fill muffin tins
all the way to the top. Bake for 30 minutes. Immediately remove muffins from
tin and cool on wire rack. Makes 6 large muffins.

Looks like a print book is in order. Three ring? I don't know.

This thread is only prelimenary. Brian has not weighed in yet.
We started talking about recipes, then the thought of raising money came in later. I'm all for it, but someone besides Brian ( working in conjunction with Brian) needs to spearhead the project and take it to a serious level.
It will require money that will need to go into a different account than the general JPF fund. Of course all of the monies will eventually end up with JPF.

We need to think of a way to do this without spending any money on overhead.

Ben, a 3-ring binder is ideal from the user's standpoint (my opinion, now). However, that is *not* an inexpensive way to produce it, particularly if it's going to be in quantity. Lot of hand-work involved in doing a 3-ring binder; I've done it (I produced The Joe Songbook that way), but unless you've got a passel of fast, competent peasants who will work for nothing (which I did not, by the way, in case anyone's curious), it probably doesn't pencil out. "Normal" paperback bookbinding is cheaper, albeit less user-friendly.

joe

Joe, a three ring binder would be fine, but I see better, more professional... type of book... getting sleepy...good night...

Lynn, how dare y… oh. Lulu. I liked that song too. Cool movie with Sidney Poitier.

Maybe Linda Adams could help. She knows the book publishing biz. She hasn't posted lately but I see her hovering every know and then.

We could have a PDF file instead of an e-book. (I thought those were downloadable.) PDF's can have audio files imbedded now. At least that is what I heard. I will check around.

Brian, if you are up, are you interested in us using a cookbook for fundraising purposes?

My suggestion of a three ring binder was for those who would have downloaded the ebook.
Jean, most of the ebooks I've seen are in pdf and can be downloaded.

Since we already have some recipes coming in, should I just start threads for each kind of dish,: like Entre, Meat, Chicken, Soup etc. and if so where should the posts go?

Did sombody say cookies?

Hey all you cooks and cook-ettes!

I posted this a while back to Tricia I think, but thought I'd post it here too since it seems to fit the subject matter.

Though it's very late in the game (the on-line deadline is tomorrow the 20th), if you feel like whipping up an award-winning recipe for the 44th Pillsbury Bakeoff, you could win a million bucks!! All details are in link below:

http://www.pillsbury.com/Bakeoff/Default.aspx

I'm going to try to make something strictly from wheelchair height....see if that might be a niche market!!

Gotta roll....
Beth

P.S. And oh yes, GOOD LUCK!!

Just a side note for those foodies out there. My niece, Courtney Clark, will be featured again tonight on the FOOD NETWORK...on the program, Last Cake Standing. This is the third of four episodes of an elimination. She won last week's mystery client show, making the winning wedding cake. This week's cake will feature Superheroes. I think they are down to 4 contestants now.

ALSO...Courtney will be one of three contestants featured on THE VIEW this Wednesday, making a birthday cake for Sherrie Shepherd. If anyone knows what channel The View is on...please let me know as I definitely want to watch.

Courtney is an absolutely amazing cake artist. She owns Cake Nouveau, a cake and cupcake shop in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan. You can see the caliber of her artistry at www.cakenouveau.com

Hugs,
Bobbie

Jean, once it's been determined where the posts should go, perhaps there could be a vegetarian thread as well?

Donna

Of course! All veggies welcome. And Vegans. and OctoLacto - oh yes, we will a section for those.

Of course cookies!

Oh, Bobbie! I just watched the video of your niece, Courtney. Wow, is she good. Cute as can be too. Thanks for sharing that.

Oh, Bobbie! I just watched the video of your niece, Courtney. Wow, is she good. Cute as can be too. Thanks for sharing that.

Hi Jean,

I am so glad you checked her out. I absolutely agree. She is adorable AND outstandingly talented. I think they like her at the Food Network. They keep using her likeness in their ads. She was also featured in last week's STAR magazine (yeah I am sure you get that magazine every week. LOL) the one with Tori Spelling on the cover. It was a half page photo of her working on a cake plus a discussion about the show....Last Cake Standing. If you managed to catch the show last night...her cake won that competition also. So now it is down to three competitors. Make sure you watch the final episode next Sunday!!

Hugs,
Bobbie

Did somebody say COOKIES? <G>
Wy
(See how THIN I am!! <G>

"OctoLacto" sounds like an operating system. (Well, I guess it is...)

Joe

OK. I am going to go ahead and start separate threads for the recipe categories. I can't think of any other way to do it. Be back in a little to start it.

Jean, The recipes that I donate come from my blog http://southerncookingeasyrecipes.blogspot.com which is copyrighted material. You have my permission to print them by all means. I'm just wondering if there will be a cross copyright problem, or if they are published on the web in the form of a blog, there could be a duplicate content problem. I think that if you use my recipes, my blog would have to be given credit. I'm not trying to plug my blog, just avoiding trouble with Google. Ben

Hi, Ben. Well, if they are your own recipes and you give us permission to print them, we should be able to. We most certainly want to give credit to our contributors and we will include the blog address when we publish them.

Jean, a friend of mine in England has just put me on to this site: http://www.blurb.com/.

He said the quality of the books that he's seen (photography) has been excellent.

Might be worth checking out.

Donna

Thanks, Donna. Will visit it a little tonight.

Okay, anyone care to add to the cookbook?

Sugar Glazed Pork Chops, w/ apples and blue cheese

Start by pre-heating oven to 350°F

Take pork chops, about 1.5" thick, and rub thoroughly with cinnamon and raw sugar.

Heat butter, in a large skillet until melted and sizzling

Fry chops in butter until about halfway cooked through (about 3 minutes on each side over med-high heat).

Set chops into a large baking dish

Deglaze skillet with pieces of Granny Smith apple, peeled and cored, about 1.25" thick; pick up all the little brown bits from the skillet. If needed (but ONLY if needed), add 1 tsp. of apple juice

Put apple pieces and bits and whatnot into the baking dish with the chops, cover tightly with foil, and bake at 350° for about 30 min., until chops are cooked through.

When done, remove from oven, carefully remove foil, and plate chops with apples and gravy from the baking dish.

Top with crumbled gorgonzola cheese, to taste.

The end.

Todd, one cut of meat that I always have trouble deciding how to cook is pork chops. Boy your recipe sounds good. I'm gonna try it.

Brian, thanks for dragging this back up. I don't think we've scratched the surface yet as far as recipe submitions. We need more categories. I just went through the forum and it looks like things are still few and far between. An example of categories:
Appetizers
Soups
Beverages
Meats
Sauces
Vegetables
Rice/Pasta
Casseroles
Salads/Dressings
Breads
Fruits
Desserts
Pies/Cakes
Cookies/Candies
Canning/Preserving

Maybe chapters on herbs, spices, and wines.

I thought Jean was handling this, but I think she's off to other things, so perhaps we need a new volunteer to resurrect this. Once we set it up, we could then run requests in the newsletter from all members, perhaps get some new folks to join us here and in the end have something to use as a fundraiser?

Brian

I wish I could run it, but it really needs a team. Not a single person. All of of the submitions need to be edited and thoroughly vetted. It has to be done in a professional manner. I don't have the know-how at all to create a cookbook, or any kind of book for that matter.

Let's wait and hear from Jean.

Hi, Guys! I am too busy to do this now. My salary was cut 20% and I will have to get a third job starting in January of this year. If anyone wants to take it over, be my guest. I am not sure how effective creating a physical cookbook for a fundraiser would be. Too many free recipes on the net now. Might be able to do it as a low cost e-book or perhaps a blog with ads on it.

I am not opposed to anyone taking this project over.

I doubt anyone outside of those currently involved could/would do it. I was definitely thinking E-Book only and the fundraiser part would just be something to give folks for supporting JPF. But most important would be for someone to do it as a fun project, not seeing it as work. Without such a person, it won't likely go forward, but it was worth asking. I know for a time there were many interested parties it seemed. We just never got to a point where we could mass promote it to the larger list.

Brian