would it be a nice idea for someone to compile a new recipe book - all the recipes coming from ourselves, our favourites and someone compiling it and offering it for a nomonal fee - all proceeds to Dan of course
it could take the form of a month by month layout using crops available at the time, like a calender
would make a nice xmas present as a pdf file maybe - just a thought :)
i love the idea and would deffinately buy at least one!
Lovely idea!
Fantastic idea - I'd buy several!
Great - I`d buy several as presents! :)
Should the source of the Recipe be acknowledged?
And is that still legal?
all recipes would have to be as 'honest' as possible and preferably old so as to avoid copyright problems so no recipes that are obviously coming from any of the tv chefs for example could be included
it would also be nice if the recipes didn't already appear in the archives but not essential
and every contributor would get a credit, whether it be for the recipe or a photo :)
have to wait and see if we get enough interest though
the majority of the meals i cook come from inside my own head anyway- i very rarely follow recipies- i always change them, even just a little bit.
i believe i (or someone) could publish those without problems?
im looking forward to this recipie book now!
Brilliant idea.
Excellent idea - I've got a few up my sleeve,and would certainly buy a copy :) :) :)
Like this one......and I would certainly buy one ;D
I'm up for it too....
ooh wow barnowl :o
I'm going to run this by Dan for some input and will get back to you - be on the ready ;D
Great idea. Here's a couple more suggestions... People can post their favourite recipes - and then we can compile a shortlist and members can vote. I would suggest they should have at least something that can be grown on a veggie patch. Being gardening related, how about dividing the book into seasons, rather than soups, starters, mains etc., and the top, say, 12 recipes from each season could go in...
I'd love to see recipes with a story behind them - handed down from great grandmother who was a courgette farmer in John O' Groats, a secret recipe acquired by illicit yet romantic means from an Italian waiter whilst on holiday in Rome, and so on.
I also think a book would be better than a .pdf, but don't know how much a short run of books costs.
Cool banana.
What a brilliant idea - I'm all for it! And I like Ollie's idea of dividing the book into seasons too. :)
if you read my original post you will see that the idea was always to have it as a month by month recipe book, using crops available at the time etc
Ollie I love the idea of recipes having a story to them, a history. A printed book would cost a lot of money but maybe in the future a kindly sponsor will take up the idea - as a pdf people can always print out their own
still waiting to hear from Dan to get the ok but I reckon it will be worth a start - I'll post a few ideas later
I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF GETTING A PROPER BOOK PRINTED- oops sorry caps!
i do think it might be worth writing to a few companies to ask for sponsorship. will halp in anyway i can, this sounds like it's gonna be fun!
good luck with that R ;)
meanwhile is it ok for me to push ahead with this, if so, here's the plan
I don't mind compiling this and I'll create something in 'Pages' on my Mac and make it as beautiful as possible - I will cram in as many recipes as I get sent - before anyone pays for it I could post a sample page to give an idea of what it is like - it is likely that it will be a pdf, anything else such as a Book, CD or a DVD will cost too much in time and money but this could be a future plan if Dan's up for it
it will be a month by month plan with as many recipes as possible centering around crops that should be available at that time of year
so as to make cut and paste easy can you send me recipes and photos to my personal email - joylucas@mac.com
send me your recipes as soon as possible - please make them as authentic and original to yourself and to take up Ollie's idea include a story or history if there is one
photos would be lovely to - again pertaining to a particular month, of the crops, of your allotment, of the cooked recipe, of the dog eating it or whatever ;D
all recipes and photos get a credit so please indicate whether you want your credit to be your forum name or your real name
please post any questions etc
here's hoping :)
lol ok maybe next time
looking forward to it calendula
You can publish books on this site.
http://www.lulu.com/uk (http://www.lulu.com/uk)
They get printed and sent out when people buy them.
So great for short runs and one-offs.
DTW, That site looks very very interesting !!!
Quote from: dtw on October 19, 2007, 12:06:31
You can publish books on this site.
http://www.lulu.com/uk (http://www.lulu.com/uk)
They get printed and sent out when people buy them.
So great for short runs and one-offs.
fab idea, calendula!
I don't have any recipes of my own to contribute yet, but if you'd like a hand putting it together I'd be happy to help (book design is my day job :))
just had a look at that site, too, and it looks really good.
e.g. for a 6" x 9" 192 page book (16 pages in a signature, 12 signatures - one per month) coil bound (so it stays open when you're using it) it would cost a maximum of a fiver per copy :o
it would be quite difficult working out the actual cost and I had in mind something a bit cheaper, proceeds to Dan as well. This would be a bit time consuming for me but if anyone wants to organise it please feel free as it could be the start of something very good
are you offering norfolklass ;D
half the size, 96 pages, would be £3.75 (although actually I don't think it's like traditional printing where you have to work in 16s) so we could get the cost down by reducing the number of pages
Quote from: calendula on October 19, 2007, 12:51:22
are you offering norfolklass ;D
I might be :) I'm more than happy to do the design/putting it together and getting it printed if someone else wants to gather together all the recipes and photos...
how about I put it together as already suggested in 'Pages', send it to you for improvement and suggestions etc and you do the 'lulu' bit
not sure what would happen to contributions to Dan though ???
Quote from: calendula on October 19, 2007, 13:35:52
how about I put it together as already suggested in 'Pages', send it to you for improvement and suggestions etc and you do the 'lulu' bit
not sure what would happen to contributions to Dan though ???
sounds good to me :)
I guess it all depends how much people are prepared to pay for a copy â€" if it costs £3.50 per copy to print, it could sell for £4.50 with a pound per copy to A4A... but £4.50 might still be too expensive
what kind of price do people have in mind?
I think £5 sound really good - much cheaper than many recipe books out there and hopefully this will be much more relevant to the members of this site. Its great that there are keen people willing to organise!
yes, def- £5 is a bargain
Everybody could also advertise the book on their blogs and websites.
The best way of compiling the recipes would be to have a thread to submit recipes
in a standard format with pictures.
e.g.
1. Picture of the final cooked item.
2. Ingredients
3. Pre-preparing (soaking or salting of ingredients etc)
4. Method including any additional pictures.
5. History of the recipe (if any).
The author could then just cut & paste from the page to the document.
Simple. :D (it probably won't be though). ::)
thanks dtw - I guess it doesn't really matter how people send them (either to me or start a new thread) but pics would have to be sent to me directly as jpegs as I won't be able to cut and paste them from here ???
we're getting there
sooooo, get clicking and typing folks and we can begin ;D
;D
Great idea, as I am creatively challenged the best I can do is vow to buy at least two copies at a fiver a shot!
;)
It is a good price, I will defo have at least one..... ;D
as no one has sent me any recipes or photos to start the book off I think maybe it wasn't such a good idea :'(
I could trawl the archives and ask permission to use any recipes I choose but that would be time consuming and not very collaborative - so for now I'll leave it but it is always there as an idea for someone to pick up on ;)
The book is a great idea Calendula. Don't think you are being ignored - I reckon peeps are just waiting to cook the recipe so they can photograph the end item as was suggested? Just a thought.
Twinkletoes
It is a good point specially as the recipes are seasonal, it may take a while to get everything together waiting for the next lot of seasonal fruit and veg....
Hope to be doing something with marrows soon ;)
How worried would we need to be about 'borrowing' others recipes? I have a lot of recipes that I love but think they come from different cook books rather than my own made up ones.
I dont know if Im right in saying.......as long as you state the origin and give credit to the author/creator of the recipe you get around the copyright. But you may also need permission to use someone else's stuff.
The only other way is to adapt it in some way :-\