Are You Hungry Yet?

last class was great!
i discovered my book title!
i really like it, it sounds quite appropriate.
i do want to stick with it, but I was thinking about some of my favorite titles for cookbooks, and I want to see if it's what I want.

I like these because they're not just some typical "Everyday Italian" or "Jamie's Dinners". These are very intriguing and engaging, no?

-the Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
-Nigella Lawson's How to Be a Domestic Goddess
-I am Almost Always Hungry by Lora Zarubin
-I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedari
-Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home by Kim Sunee
-Y'all Come Eat by Jamie Deen
-My Last Supper: 50 Great Chefs and Their Final Meals / Portraits, Interviews, and Recipes by Melanie Dunea

:)

im having too much fun making this book.

i just wish i had more time!

things to do

it's a-coming.
slowly but surely!
the book is happening! and i don't feel so scared no more! haha.
i've got some great ideas coming along so this is great.

so here is my list of to-dos:

(updated!)

•contact book binder Wyman Chu (wyman.chu@sympatico.ca or 416 219 9338) and ask her if i can go for a visit. see what kind of material and style is available, as well as to get a good idea of when i need to complete my book by.
CHECK -- I have emailed her tonight. Hopefully she will reply soon. :)
-I am seeing her tomorrow! After class.

•find a good printer (who can do neat double sided printing.)
CHECK -- I have found a commercial printer who says they could do my book. They have Perfector Digital Printing, which gives me 2 sides in register. They said they are going to email me back with a quote.. soo.. hopefully it ain't too expensive!


•finalize the order of the book (chapters, if i am indeed going to divide into chapters), indexes, cover pages and so forth
-still working on this. but i like how my book is coming to be. it's quite organic, i'd say. as Reg and I discussed very enthusiastically, i'm looking more for leading the reader through the book, through the experiences and through my narrative. not so much a index-like recipe book.

•write the text (more like captions! yay! and organize recipes)
-this is going well. my sister says my writing is fun and engaging. woohoo!

•design layouts (color scheme, photographs, text, illustrations?)
-i've been taking more photos. my other friend lent me his camera, but not for too long so i'm going nuts with it. all i'm thinking about is "pictures pictures! more pictures!"
-my layouts look like it's going to be very photographic oriented. but i think that is for now because i'm working on more general layouts. once i get into recipes and such, i want to design nice, organized layouts. cuz that's how i like it!

•go back and see what is missing, misfitting, and misplaced.
•determine what kind of paper i want to print on.
•get final manuscript to printers.
•double check for errors or misprints.
•get final print to binder.
•hug the book.
•hand it in.
•SIGH


okay
woah.
that's a lot of work to do.
but i really feel like my gears are a-going and wheels a-turning. so i'm happy!

i'm going have to start giving myself deadlines. real deadlines. as soon as i contact the book binder. yes. i will call her tomorrow!


and... just because i like posting photos (hehe)...

sneak peak

just a few photos.

:)

photos photos

yay!!!!

my friend has lent me her wonderful Digital SLR camera and i am having a blast!!
the photo quality is waaayy better than my camera (i am covering my camera's ears). and so i'm very excited with how everything is going.

i have been taking photos mostly of the easier things to photograph (like food markets and restaurants and such.) i have to be pretty sneaky about it tho! ppl have been giving me suspicious looks! hopefully if they do ask me why i'm taking these photographs, i'll just flash them an innocent smile and say, "Please? It's for my school project!" we'll see how it goes. I tried taking some photos at What-A-Bagel and the guy there gave me a "No-no" kind of smile. So i had to stop. it doesn't help that the camera has some bulk.

OH well.
i'm having a great time!
tomorrow i am cooking lunch for my friends and it's going in my book.
wish me luck!!!


for your viewing pleasure..
these are a few photos i took today.. it's at a huge Korean supermarket. you like? (i think it looks better full size tho. these jpegs don't do justice)

im sick!

but i still have work to show!

these are pdfs of my outline and the (very early) stages of the chapters.
but i still have a basic frame I want to go with so I'm happy.

all i need to do now is just write!

aha!!

in a matter of hours, i am inspired once again!

heheh

the outline is going very well.
woohoo!

confuzzled

aw man..

i don't know what i'm doing.
i'm starting to finalize my outline and everything and planning out the details, but i don't know what i'm doing!!

things seem to be smooth in my head,
but it's not translating onto paper and i just feel like i have nothing!

i'm not really sure what direction i'm headed towards.
after the talk with reg last time, i thought i was pretty clear on what i wanted to do: a cookbook based on the interactions, experience, and processes of different foods i make. it has to do mostly with the people that i offer my food to. i thought this was a brilliant idea but now i'm confused as to how the format is exactly going to be like.

oi veyyy.
i'm going to pick my brain out a bit more and see where i am at then.
i hope i have much to show tomorrow in class.

i'm starting to panic because i realize i don't have a lot of substantial things down, while time is passing very fast!

dah!!!

:(

i judge a book by its cover

it's true.
and i know you all do it too.


i added some links to cool book cover designers.
i really feel inspired.
:)

Dish by Marion Kate

i found this book at my library and it was perfect!
it's a lot like what i want to do with my cookbook. each recipe is presented with really fun and personal stories. the recipes aren't exactly the focus, but the people behind them, the experiences and histories of food. the recipes are really inspiring -- it really made me want to cook them!

so im glad i have some sort of reference. mine is a little different, because it's not so much the background info about certain foods, but the experience of preparing, serving, and consuming the food. :) plus mine will have lots of good photos (this book doesn't have pictures!)

im excited.