so cheryl had a great idea, which she shared with me last night over a delicious veggie enchilada casserole of her own creation -- and homemade salsa.
we should self publish a who cares cookbook!
admit it, we're all fabulous cooks. we could all contribute recipes. cheryl would do the calligraphy. food photos are my specialty! alicia would do the graphics, darcy and darby the food reviews. ali would critique the food reviews, caron would write some songs about food. who else??? come on everybody, chip in your talent and ideas...we shoudl do it.
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yeah yeah i'm in i'm in...but only if cheryl publishes her "white chili" recipe. we ate at her place once when annabelle was little (when the dyers lived on 48th avenue!) and had white chili & it was sooo memorable. i've tried duplicating. never works!
complete with who cares pictures, too!
I'd be happy to do some of the layout work... we could all email recipes into one person, maybe? Maybe we could also submit a little blurb about each one? I think that is interesting to know a bit of info about the recipes...
this is great. i'll help in any way i can. the only thing i can maybe add is recipes ... and very soon here i'll get to start cooking again! (we get the keys to the house today :-) )
so, get ready y'all -- its time for eatin'!!
and i'm totally excited about the cook book! what a brilliant idea!
oh -- and following cheryl's comment -- i can collect the recipes if you'd like.
oh yeah....it's catching on. get on the bandwagon folks!
it's genius. i'm in. i can do anything i can do. you know? so yeah. i have some recipes that i like. that you might like too. maybe we could include some short food essays too? mm? mm? memories of meals. who cares COOKS. yes.
Yea! We're doin' it. Essays! Photo! Recipes! I love it.
Here are my thoughts. I think we'd need these volunteers:
1. Collections person-- this person would be in charge of receiving all of the content (via email) They would be in charge of organizing it, editing (or farming out the editing) and then sending it to the right person/persons. They would also be responsibile for letting us know of any special instuctions for sending the material, what format, etc.
2. Editors??? (if you think we need them)-- you'd work with collections person.
3. Front-cover design-- also the person who decides the size and format of the booklet. Works with lay-out person.
4. Lay-out person-- in charge of taking all the entries from the content person and laying them out in program of choice.
5. Gopher-- this person works with the cover designer/lay-out person to get it to the printer/xerox machine and do any assembly that needs done.
6. Money person-- figures how how much this will all cost and if we should sell it to the public (hee-hee)
7. Contributers-- Recipes, essays, photos, restaurant reviews, food reviews, etc.
8. Any one else I'm missing???
If you are in, please post which position you'd like to take. First come, first serve. Do you guys think this will work???
P.S. Perfect Christmas present for the family, eh???
i'll be a CONTRIBUTOR. not money. recipes and photos. maybe a little essay. also i could help as an EDITOR.
i'd love to be a CONTRIBUTOR for sure. additionally i'd be happy to be the COLLECTIONS PERSON as well as an EDITOR (if another editor is needed). let me know if that works.
i LOVE the brilliance of this group. very glad to know you all. very glad indeed.
P.S. Cheryl -- Thanks for your comment on the tradition you and Kyle have with new homes. I think we will follow closely in your shoes -- we are getting the keys tonight and we'll pop open a bottle of champagne to have with delivered pizza. :-) Very excited. I love starting traditions.
Can't wait to get everything together and to start having you all over for dinner.
what a dream.
kate should be part of this. her asparagus soup recipe is special. ka-ate, where a-are you...?
andrew also has a nice "pheasant with buckshot" recipe that corrie and justin really liked. i'll get that ready to go.
oh, and i have about five recipes for orange soups (the color, not the fruit). sweet potato, carrot, squash...
caron, i'll make sure we get that thai noodle salad recipe you just sent me, too. tasty.
i agree that the person who submits the recipe should also write a little word about it. just for good times.
i can proof/edit/whatever if the collector (a.m.?) wants to send stuff my way. we'll be in france until june 4, but after that...if you can stand the wait. ;)
just who cares members...or reader, also? i have no preference, as i'm a member already. but i'm sure there are some dedicated readers out there w/ good recipes nonetheless.
also: i can work on the cost thing...though i'm not in omaha to get pricing done for there...
BUT: if everything can be sent to me digitally (or via mail, that's fine)
i can make it happen here & then we could have the unveiling at our book club rendezvous this summer...WHAT ABOUT THAT?!!
Caron-- That would be great-- do you mind then, being the 'gopher', too and doing the assembly, etc.?
I don't mind readers contributing-- but, what does everyone else think?
don't mind at all. nothing else going on right now.
great car. you have a purpose now. we all do. personally, i have renewed vigor for life. so should we send recipes to caron or a.m.? i think we should receive contributions from contributors, maintaining the right to refuse printing service. no shoes, no shirt, no good recipes, no service.
Here's what we have so far, folks:
Collections agent, editor-- Anne Marie
Editor-- Darby
Editor-- Daphne
Caron--Money and Production
Layout-- Cheryl
Front Page-- ??????
All contributions, sent to Anne Marie. Anne Marie, do you mind setting a deadline for entries? Maybe you could email us all any special instuctions... (thanks!!!)
I'm so excited about this. Anyway, from here on out, I'll just let you all do your jobs. :)
P.S. Anne Marie-- I hope your move-in night goes well!
I would be up for helping with the front cover. I think Caron would be great with that as well.
I would also like to be a CONTRIBUTOR and EDITOR.
Two things - we should have recipes submitted only by whocares members UNLESS we know the recipe to be submitted is absolutely to die for (and it is someone you know personally). I think the editors may have more recipes than room. How big do we want this book to be anyways? Are we going to narrow the focus? I can't remember what my second point was...ah - senility!
Also, I would be interested in helping with food reviews - I can actually make some of the recipes - and in who cares fashion have the whocares members try it to verify the recipe...then if it needs to be tweaked to have an authentic replication it would make the cookbook more marketable...and usable.
There is nothing worse than a bad recipe with bad directions. You could make it 20 times and it would still be horrible!
daphne...you so crazy. you better get back to work...you're losing it.
amazing volume of comments. a record for who cares!
this is so exciting -- i'd be more than happy to set a deadline but can you all give me some ideas of how long we want to spend on this project? will this be something we work on throughout the summer?
i'm hoping to contribute some recipes soon as i start unloading my boxes of books and notebooks in the next couple of weeks.
in the mean time -- for all of you, feel free to send recipes my way. a few immediate thoughts on recipes: please include serving size (for 4 people, etc), length of prep and cook times, fun stories or anecdotes, and hmm, i'll keep thinking about it and get something more conclusive out.
my email address is: annemarie.bailey@gmail.com
also, please write "who cares recipe" in the subject line.
and darby, was that you saying you'll be in france until June 4th? what is the occasion? where will you go? i'm so jealous. truly. bring back some delicious recipes to share with us all.
ok. this is getting good. please send any thoughts my way for discussion/collection purposes!
darc-
you best be putting that bran muffin recipe in the collection!! we want fiber!
I second that! Good call caron!
i would really like a deadline. not naming any names, but some of us let our p-ness show in these situations if not held accountable. what if we set a deadline for recipe/essay submissions before we have our book club talk, so that we can peruse together and meet in person about the next step(s)? we might need to enter phase 2 recipes: looking for more recipes of a certain genre, or oust some, whatever. who cares.
How does June 23rd sound for a deadline? That gives us all about 5-6 weeks to gather our favorites, write a little something and send them in? As I collect them, I'll send them out to the editors for checking -- the editors and I can communicate back and forth. I'll compile them all in some sort of order and then send them onto Caron.
Let me know if that works. If so, then June 23rd is the deadline. :-)
The bran muffins are in. Guaranteed!
June 23rd it is.
June 23rd is great! Thanks Anne Marie. I've been so excited about this I stayed up until wee hours last night typing out recipes.
I think what Daphne said about the 'phase 2' is brilliant.
COVER ART: I've been waiting to see if Daphne would pick-up the batton on that one... hmmm. I went through the WHOCARES archives looking at photos... There is a photo of Violet under the title "NUTRITION" in July of 2005 that might be good cover art (tee hee)... but for some reason I was thinking there would be something photographed by Daphne that she had cooked... I couldn't find it. Daph, am I making it up in my mind that I have seen photos of something you have cooked before? Are they on another website link somewhere?
There are a lot of good entry photos to use throughout the book - that is for sure :-)
i'll be happy to take a photo for the cover, sure!!! i do have some and will definitely take more. if you cook something, have me over and i'll take a pic of it. and eat. haha. seriously, if nobody else claims the cover design i could do it, but REALLY -- design is not my forte. i somehow always sway toward (no, resort to)arial narrow. booo.
oh. june 23 is now a red letter day on my cally. and i don't mean because of the monthly.
haha. nice one daphne.
ok, the 23rd it is. do we want to try to incorporate pictures with most, if not all, the recipes? is that reasonable? to be quite honest, i don't buy anything other than pictures books most of the time. :-)
that's because you can't read. you have your assistant type all of your witticisms for you. but, hey, that's cool. nothing wrong with not being able to read on this blog.
i'll let my p-ness shine with daphne's! laid-back!
might want to have photos READY for the book but it COULD get expensive for printing...just depends...
also...i like the idea of a non-traditional size, if that strikes anyone else. i've been getting into those little pocket-type books...something small is fun...or REALLY BIG...like family bible size. HA!
yeah i like non traditional size. but the only thing i don't like about toooo small cookbooks is that they never stay open. so i'm always getting food all over the pages, trying to find my place again. a disaster.
Larger size is better than too small. Perhaps we should include a CD-R or a DVD with it that has recipe-sized layouts so people who purchase it can print out the recipes that they love for their own collections?
I think organizing it in a unique fashion would be nice, but the traditional appetizers, soups/salads, entrees and desserts is always a good start.
I think we should submit several ideas for the cover and vote on the design.
I will test recipes out if A.M. can send the finalized submissions to me to make. I will be the chef de choix if everyone agrees that the recipes should be tested?
mm, i don't know...i mean, we all have pretty good discretion...no one will submit with bad taste. and if so, i'll kick em out.
hehe..just kidding.
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