Themes for Your Cookbook
Last week I talked about picking a theme for your cookbook and said it is the easiest way to focus your recipes. I did not mention any themes so this week I thought I would try to convince you that one of the best is Soups! Now that it is winter outside most cooks love to spend more time in the kitchen since the heat of the stove keeps them warm. What I love is the smell fill the house and there is a feeling of love and fulfillment. A warm pot of soup cooking for hours can make your house feel like a home and they are easy to make.
But what I really love is that our ancestors made soups too. If we research and look hard enough we can find some old recipes that might have been made by your grandparents or great-great-grandparents. Depending on where your family originated some of these soups maybe stews but where ever the old country is--some sort of soup was served, Call it the one pot meal or the slow cooked meal but every culture has a recipes or two that you can make your cookbook a family recipe cookbook that saves the tradition foods from your own heritage.
I did find these recipes in my inbox http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/slideshows/2008/04/soups_stews_slideshow#slide=1 That might get you thinking about things served in your home growing up.
I know that for lunch I often go to a Vietnamese Soup place which is filled with people slurping the large bowls of goodness. I go to a deli and find the matzo ball and weigh it with the borcht. I never know exactly how they make the borcht so I always play it safe with matzo balls. But I am always tempted.
When asking my cousins for family recipes the one I got back was an all day soup that my aunt made. Most of the kids said they did not remember anything their mom made but the soup was the one thing they remembered.
Making a soup cookbook in the midst of winter might even warm you. If you can think of themes that you might want others to think about leave a comment. there are hundreds of ideas and all of them are good ones if they get you to do your cookbook!
But what I really love is that our ancestors made soups too. If we research and look hard enough we can find some old recipes that might have been made by your grandparents or great-great-grandparents. Depending on where your family originated some of these soups maybe stews but where ever the old country is--some sort of soup was served, Call it the one pot meal or the slow cooked meal but every culture has a recipes or two that you can make your cookbook a family recipe cookbook that saves the tradition foods from your own heritage.
I did find these recipes in my inbox http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/slideshows/2008/04/soups_stews_slideshow#slide=1 That might get you thinking about things served in your home growing up.
I know that for lunch I often go to a Vietnamese Soup place which is filled with people slurping the large bowls of goodness. I go to a deli and find the matzo ball and weigh it with the borcht. I never know exactly how they make the borcht so I always play it safe with matzo balls. But I am always tempted.
When asking my cousins for family recipes the one I got back was an all day soup that my aunt made. Most of the kids said they did not remember anything their mom made but the soup was the one thing they remembered.
Making a soup cookbook in the midst of winter might even warm you. If you can think of themes that you might want others to think about leave a comment. there are hundreds of ideas and all of them are good ones if they get you to do your cookbook!
Posted by Hella at 1/13/2011 9:52 AM 
Categories: recipes, Cookbook Writing, family recipes, family recipe cookbook, family traditions
Tags: cookbook themes cookbook family cookbook family recipes Soup
Categories: recipes, Cookbook Writing, family recipes, family recipe cookbook, family traditions
Tags: cookbook themes cookbook family cookbook family recipes Soup
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