| You don't need to be a top chef to write and | | | | and although this has been done already, there is |
| publish a cookbook on the internet. You just need | | | | still room for improvement. |
| the will, some great recipes and the occasional | | | | One idea that springs to mind is a cookbook on |
| helping hand. | | | | using the leftover coals of a charcoal barbecue. It |
| Writing a cookbook is no different to producing | | | | has always struck me they could be used to slow |
| any other kind of do-it-yourself manual, because | | | | bake some pies, or bread or whatever and a |
| in the end that's really all it is. | | | | recipe book based on that would, I am sure, get |
| No matter how many recipes it contains, or | | | | read. |
| cooking lessons, or simply cooking hints and tips, in | | | | Cookbooks don't have to be based on the latest |
| the end it's pretty much a formula that you can | | | | trend in food preparation, far from it. Collections |
| easily follow. | | | | of recipes from previous generations, World War |
| What you do need to do is write something that | | | | 2 cookbooks and even books on old kitchen |
| is original in content and will grab the imagination. | | | | methods, especially if they can be made to seem |
| The last thing the world needs is just another | | | | relevant to today's modern cook, all find a ready |
| recipe book. If that's all it is people won't buy it. It | | | | audience. |
| has to have something extra, such as an | | | | You don't even need to have all this information |
| interesting and original niche. | | | | at your fingertips. There is a vast amount of it |
| As an example, a couple of years or so ago | | | | freely available on the internet and in your local |
| Southern cooking was all the rage and people | | | | library's reference section. What you do not |
| were buying up ebooks about cathead biscuits | | | | already know you can learn, compile into a |
| and collard greens. But that's over now and the | | | | comprehensive whole and publish. |
| internet's cooks have moved on. The trick is not | | | | Just be sure to do a little research to see what |
| to follow them, but to lead them to something | | | | your competition may be. You could be in for a |
| fresh. | | | | surprise. Your family recipes might be not only |
| As a cook yourself you probably have an area of | | | | unique, but an excellent way of filling a gap in the |
| cooking that you particularly enjoy, or which may | | | | market. Some of the most sought after cooking |
| be an extension of something else. For example, if | | | | articles are on diabetes, picky eaters, budget |
| you are a trout fisherman you might be able to | | | | cooking, nutrition, cooking for the sick and elderly |
| combine a book on how to cook trout with hints | | | | and so on. |
| on trout fishing. | | | | If you have any expertise at all in any one of |
| Someone who does a lot of outdoor cooking | | | | these niches you will find a ready market for your |
| must have a wealth of information to pass on | | | | book. |