One pastime that has grown in popularity over the last few months is cooking, no doubt because we’re all at home a lot more thanks to lockdown but also perhaps because we all want to give ourselves a bit of a health boost at the moment, eating lots of freshly cooked nutritious meals for the family.
What might be a fun pandemic project, if you’re looking for something at the moment, is writing a recipe book of all the food you’ve cooked, any new techniques you’ve learned, your favourite meals and so on.
They say we’re living in history right now and food would be an excellent way to cast your mind back over the years to the time you lived through a global pandemic. So, with that in mind and if you think it’s a good idea, here are a few top tips to help you write your first coronavirus cookbook.
Read lots of cookbooks
You’ll get a great feel for how to put a recipe book together if you amass a collection of those already in existence and sit down for a long read. Cooking is storytelling at the same time and there’s always a good tale behind a favourite meal or a reason for cooking a certain dish.
Practise your photography skills
If you want to do it properly, make sure you take good quality photographs and that you know what you’re doing behind a lens. You could pick up another skill at the same time and get better at photography while improving at cooking.
Consider structure
Layout of your cookbook is an important consideration, as well, so spare some thought to how you want to structure it. You could organise it by ingredients, cuisines, by occasion, breakfast, lunch or dinner… it’s entirely up to you.
Think about the design
Once you’ve finished putting the contents of the book together, you can start thinking about the design of the front cover… the finishing touch! If you really want to go all out, what about asking a professional designer to help you out with the look and style of the book?
Be consistent with measurements
Sometimes it’s the little things that make a big difference and you will really thank yourself in the future if you use the same measurements the whole way through the book. Consistency will help others make your recipes, as well – fun for all the family!
Once you’ve put your book together, you can start thinking about having it printed and bound to send out to friends and family so they can see how you spent your lockdown. What a great way of sharing your experience if you haven’t been able to see anyone for a while!
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