Books

I’ve been making books since I was four years old and stumbled upon a stapler. Professionally, I’ve written or contributed to 39 of them.

“So…you write recipes?” That’s the first question people always ask me. And the answer is, “No. Well, not usually, anyway.” I have developed, written, rewritten and edited many many recipes. But what I’m generally responsible for in a cookbook is everything that isn’t the recipes. Being the “voice” of a book generally involves months of interviews, research, hanging out, cooking, and immersing myself in the world of the author. And while I ultimately write all the non-recipe text (the introductory material, the recipe notes, the features and sidebars), the job usually involves a bigger challenge: helping the book find its concept, its promise, its tone, its size, shape, and structure, and often even its title—all the things I love to do most.