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January 8, 2009 By Nancy Baggett Leave a Comment

Cookbook Writing

Tips on Writing Tasty Recipe Intros
You Did WHAT to My Recipe?! Sad Food Writers’ Tales
Waging War on Wordiness
Top Cookbook Editors Dish on What They Want from an Author
Where Do I Get My Recipes?
Introducing the Recipe–3 Big Dos and Don’ts
Home Testers Rated My Recipes–and Some Failed!
Whadaya REALLY Think About My Recipe? When Brutal Honesty Helps
When is a Recipe “Good Enough” for Publication?
The “Oops” Factor in Recipe Testing
Cookbook Editor Bill LeBlond Tells You Exactly What He’s Looking For
If You Just Need a Meatloaf Recipe Will Any Old Cookbook Do?
What Do Literary Agents Do?
Dos and Don’ts for Cookbook Writers
Writing Tastier Prose–A Free Tutorial of Exercises that Really Work

Food Writing
7 Steps to More Compelling Culinary Prose
You Did WHAT! to My Recipe? Sad Food Writers’ Tales
The 8th BIG Step to Compelling Culinary Prose
5 Things to NEVER Say to a Food Editor
You Did WHAT to My Recipe? Sad Tales from the Food Writer Files
Food Writing Lessons I’ve Learned the Hard Way
Food Writing Lessons NOT Learned the Hard Way
Everything I Don’t Like and Nothing That I Do Like
Ms Grammar Lady’s Rules for Punching Up Your Prose
Protecting Yourself from Plagiarism
Culinary Verbs that Sizzle
What Do Literary Agents Do?
Waging War on Wordiness–Techniques for Writing More Powerful Prose

Better Food Blogging/Food Photography Stories
Culinary Blogging 101
7 Ways to Tell if Your Food Photo is Trendy
Improving Photos, Plus How to Get Pics on Foodgawker & Tastespotting
Five Second’s Rule’s Cheryl Sternman Rule on Blogging
Life’s a Feast Host Jamie Schler Shares Her Secrets to Blogging Success
Will Write for Food Host Dianne Jacob Shares Her Secrets to Blogging Success
Steamy Kitchen’s Jaden Hair Shares Her Secrets to Blogging Success

Gardening Stories
Good Gourds! Should We Be Going Green with These Gardening Oddities
Shade Garden in Early Spring
Spring Perennial Garden Pleasures
Lush Ferns, Trilliums and Other Spring Beauties
Woodland Violets Make Beautiful Pastry Decorations
Is This Garden Ready for a Professional Photo Shoot?
Country Gardens Magazine Photo Shoot–Part 1
Country Gardens Magazine Photo Shoot–Part 2
Cookies Inspired by the Garden (featured in Country Gardens magazine)
Herbs, & New Ways to Use Them in Cooking

Entertaining and Culinary Presentation Stories
Table Presentation Drama-Present on Pedestal Plates
Tips on Holiday Entertaining

Holiday Stories
Vintage Valentine’s Holiday Cards

Shopping and Product Stories
Holiday Foodie Gift Ideas
Gifts for Foodie Dads
Maple Gifts from Vermont

Personal Stories
Losing My Favorite Cooking Friend
Summer Shivers–Glories of the Snowball Stand
Supermarket Daze (Looking for Stuff & Never Finding It!)
High Cholestorol Warning- My Personal Story Part 1
High Cholestorol Warning- My Personal Story Part 2
Memories of Julia Child
Questions You’ve Wanted to Ask Me– Or Maybe Not

Food and Ingredient Stories
Choosing the Right Apple
Apple Comparison–The Honeycrisp vs McIntosh; Honeycrisp Wins!
Apple Orchard Visit with my Grandkids
Autumn Bounty–Farmers’ Market & Orchard Scenes
Cookie Dough–Rolling Out Tips
Cookie Exchange Tips
Concord Grapes & American Table Grape History
Cranberry Harvesting
Cranberries
Decorating Technique for Rolled Cut-Out Cookies
Finding Missing
Tableware the E-Way
Good Gourds–Interesting Facts/History on These Gnarly Fruits
Holiday Entertaining
Kids’ Cookie Baking and Decorating Party
Kitchen Makeover: From Blah to Ah for This Cook
Kneadlessly Simple FAQ’s — The Secrets to Breads that Knead Themselves
Maple Harvesting Season in Vermont
New Ways with Fresh Herbs
No-Knead Bread Phenomenon–Try It & Stop Missing Out
No-Knead Pot Breads–How to Choose the Right Pot
Decorating Autumn Leaf-Shaped Cookies with Icing
Best Way to Roll Out Cookie Dough

Travel and Destination Stories
A Peek into the Kitchen at Food & Wine Magazine
Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn Market
Austin Highlights and IACP
Italy–Lemons and Limoncello Everywhere
Italy–Sorento & Salerno DayTripping
King Arthur Flour’s Vermont Baking Store
Saveur Magazine–Visit to the Test Kitchen
Julia Child’s Kitchen at the Smithsonian Institution
Vermont in Maple Sugar Season

Culinary History, Lore & Retro Cooking Stories
Cobbler History
Concord Grapes
Cranberries
Hot Fudge History
Gourds–History of Culinary Use
The First Thanksgiving–the Real Story
Retro Baking Ads: Frilly Aprons, Heels, Pearls and Big Smiles
S’mores–Early 20th Century Girl Scout Tradition
Don’t Take Life for Granted

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Welcome to KitchenLane! It’s a comfortable place where I create, thoroughly test, and photograph recipes for my cookbooks and blog. All my recipes are original, not adaptations from others. I trained as a pastry chef, so many offerings are desserts and baked goods. Some are also healthful, savory dishes I contribute to healthy eating publications. My recipes are always free of artificial dyes, flavorings, and other iffy additives, which I won’t serve my family—or you! Instead, dishes feature naturally flavorful, colorful ingredients including fresh herbs, berries, edible flowers, and fruits, many from my own suburban garden or local farmers’ markets. Since lots of readers aspire to write cookbooks, I also blog on recipe writing and editing and other helpful publishing how-to info accumulated while authoring nearly 20 well-received cookbooks over many years.


The Art of Cooking with Lavender

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The 2 Day A Week Diet Cookbook

Now available on Amazon! The 2 Day a Week Diet Cookbook
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SIMPLY SENSATIONAL COOKIES

Simply Sensational Cookies
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KNEADLESSLY SIMPLE

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The All-American Dessert Book

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The All-American Cookie Book

The All-American Cookie Book
 

Nancy Baggett’s Food Network Gingerbread Demo!

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