• Cookbooks are no longer just a niche market! Hundreds are published each year, covering a variety of subjects. Maybe you’re a writer who’s a food lover, or a great cook who loves to write, or a food blogger looking for a book deal. Writing a cookbook can be very rewarding, but the world of cookbook publishing has changed, & it can be a daunting prospect. Our experts share what to expect.

In this Table Talk, four cookbook authors & experts will discuss how to write a cookbook & find a publisher. 

• Dame Patty Ruiz of The Mad Table, a brand inspired & created to bring people together through food, is a recently published cookbook author. Dame Patty will tell you how to write that all-important book proposal & how to find a literary agent.
• Dame Ingrid Gangestad, owner of St. Croix Culinary Consulting, LLC, will speak of her experience with cookbook writing  creating targeted food content, including recipes, menu development & reative writing for clients. She is known for creating recipes that are on-trend & that work.
• Cathy Swanson Wheaton, Executive Editor behind the Betty Crocker & Pillsbury books for the past six years, will share her experiences in the corporate world of cookbook writing & publishing,  Topic include: what a larger publisher is looking for in terms of an author & subject, suggestions on getting started, tips on writing your proposal, elements of a cookbook, testing recipes & photography.
• Dame Barbara Seelig Beyer (formerly Barbara Seelig-Brown), cookbook author & teacher, has a cooking show, Stress Free Cooking (on We Cook TV,  Cablevision, Roku streaming). She will delve into self-publishing then & now, freelance editors, photography, art, print on demand,  & writing for a health organization, such as American Diabetes Association (ADA) or The American Heart Association.
• $20 donation - proceeds to benefit scholarships.

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