Interest check: fundraiser DMS cookbook

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The what’s cooking thread has been an incredible new thread for us since the pandemic started. I truly hope it sticks around for a long time.

It got me thinking, would members be interested in creating a printed cookbook of some of the great recipes we have contributed over the last year?

We could get them printed fairly cheap and sell them as a fundraiser for the fellowship fund or something similar.

There are services that print charity cookbooks and can handle releases and copyright for us, so it should be a fairly simple endeavor.

So that leaves 3 questions:

  1. Would you be interested in contributing
  2. Would you buy one?
  3. How much would you be willing to pay for a nicely printed cookbook containing your dms friends recipes?

Thanks, James

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  1. Yes. I can contribute between 1 and 5 recipes (as needed).
  2. Yes, I would buy one.
  3. I would expect to pay between $15 and $30 for a nicely printed, comb bound or better (we have a comb binder in CA) cookbook.

I am willing to help (but not lead) this endeavor.

Edit: If this idea is successful we could even go so far as to do a What’s Cooking potluck in future years (obv when its safe to do so) featuring some of the recipes in the cookbook.

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Would be interested and will contribute

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I’m down to contribute for sure.

I can supply multiple recipes (of course with time to properly prepare ingredients list, measurements and comprehensive instructions).
And if I have enough time I can help prepare a write-up about why technique, flavor layering and ingredient timing is crucial for the difference between meh and magnificent.

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I’d love to contribute and buy one! I’d pay in the $15-30 range.

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I would purchase. I’m a horrible cook.
I would also purchase a “maker made” book…yearly “what DMS members made” book for an additional idea.

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That’s a great idea too. It would be fun to have an annual yearbook of the best of in each committee.

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Before you commit, talk to organizations that have done this.

Most that I’ve been associated with did well at first, but once the really motivated people bought theirs, sales dropped off and it took a long time to unload the rest.

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THIS!

Require cash on the barrelhead, if you dont meet the minimum, no gotti

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Lovely idea! I still have a copy of my father’s Goodfellow Airforce Base- Environmental Compliance Division’s cookbook that they put together in 2000. I’m not sure where the funds went (or if there were funds at all) from this project.

I’d definilatey be willing to assist…

  1. Yes. I’ve got about 3-4 recipes.
  2. Yes.
  3. I would expect to pay between $15 and $30 for a cookbook.
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I’d contribute and buy. The $15-30 numbers sound fine, knowing that it’ll be yet another cookbook that I disregard while making the same stuff I always make :wink:

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No need to invest a lot of money… My wife has 5 books, with a 6th one coming soon. Most of hers are done via Amazon’s Print on Demand service. You go buy a book from Amazon, they immediately print/bind it, ship it, and pay the author monthly for books sold. It has a cost per each book sold, but since they collect the money, they take care of all of that. It’s also a lot more money to the author than a traditional book contract, a lot less work than print/assembly on your own, and you have a global source for the book.

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You’ll need to spend a little getting an ISBN from the Library of Congress… someone will need to assemble the book and pictures into the format Amazon requires… then order a proof to check your work.

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Amazon print-on-demand doesn’t do nicer options like hardcovers, and can have some quality issues if we go full-color. ISBNs are issued by a central company here in the US - Bowker - think like ICANN for domain names, though I can run it through my imprint if DMS would like a donated one as single-packs are a little pricey (and only if we want – they aren’t required for printing).

There are lots of other companies that do smaller print runs for decent prices, like @mrjimmy said, even ones that specialize just in these kinds of cook books. We can also run it through a pre-order to make sure we don’t over order.

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We can use the unsold ones as fuel for Raku firings :wink:

seriously though, very good point. I think we will start with preorders so we don’t get stuck with several hundred unsold copies.

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I’m game to contribute and I think the $30 range is appropriate.

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Ditto. On both counts.

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I would contribute and purchase in the $30.00 range.

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I could easily add several recipes mine would be basic home cooking type stuff like an easy mac and cheese that tastes a lot better than the stuff out of a box. On pricing I know that in many things 1999 is a magic price. If we

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