Digital Dish! The book is finally published!

Around this time last year, I was writing my first posts on this foodblog. I was enjoying my maternity leave, but needed to do something that would make me feel like I've achieved something at the end of the day... which nappy changes and baby feeding clearly didn't. So this is how I decided to dedicate more time to what I am really passionate about: food. Initially I dreamt about publishing a cook book. Until it became obvious that I had clearly forgotten what it means to have a tiny baby at home... was I really thinking I would be able to just put my feet up and suddenly have a 48 hours to kill per day and become incredibly bored after a week or so? Well, the reality was very different. But I was determined to do something.
When I researched a recipe for oeufs cocotte following a controversial online discussion in the food section of an Austrian newspaper, I came across weblogs. Foodblogs, to be precise. I started reading a few of them regularly and was hooked. A month later, I set up my own. Another three months down the line I received an email from someone who wanted to publish a selection of my recipes in a book. Would I be interested? Yessir! Of course!
And so, here it is. My first recipes in print format, apart from one which features in a Japanese course book for students of English (but that's another story). I am, of course, only a contributor - alongside 20 odd fellow bloggers around the world... 20 different kitchens, a lot of different nationalities, a selection of different styles, but a great book for sure. Some will intrigue you with their stories, some will bowl you over with their recipes. But it is definitely a good read.

Go on, you know you want it! Just do me the favour to buy it directly through this site rather than through amazon - buying directly from the source means that we don't have to pay a retail commission and might actually see some of the royalties hit our account... after divvying it up among all of us, that is, so it'll be a while before I move into a mansion somewhere in Monaco and drive around in a flash car - but every little helps, doesn't it?

Comments

[Stephanie]

Congratulations! I'll have to wait a week or two (spent way too much this month), but I'll definitely be picking it up.

[Owen]

Hi - Owen (aka the publisher) here. There are in fact a total of 24 food bloggers featured in the book from the US, Canada, Singapore, Australia, the UK, Germany, South Africa, France, etc. Although about half of them are from the US.

I also URGE you to buy it from the link here - there are several reasons. One - Amazon won't stock it for at least another month. Two - Johanna gets a LOT more money if you buy it from here (way more than double).
Three - if we all make enough to do a little better than break even then we get to put another book out covering Summer 2004 to 2005 - with MORE food bloggers and more entries!

[ACM]

Well, now that you're an accomplished chef-mother, what's next?
Congrats.

[Jennifer]

Congratulations, fellow Digital Disher! I keep meaning to post about the book myself...life keeps getting in the way, though.

[Niki]

Congratulations!! It's wonderful to see people you feel you know personally (or, indeed do know personally) getting in print! Although, I have to admit I didn't recognise about 75% of the foodblogs/bloggers listed as participants - there are more out there?? Why haven't I found these people before??

[Abraham]

Felicidades Johanna!

¡Por fin voy a poder tenerte otra vez en mi cocina!

Y queda pendiente un libro, página ó lo que sea con un diccionario multilingüe de ingredientes culinarios.

Te quiero mucho.

[Angelika]

Hi Johanna, I have just placed my order for the book (of course using the button on your site) and I am very much looking forward to it ! I am quite proud ;-) that a fellow Austrian has contributed to it, and as you know you have convinced me that maybe in the near future there will be also a food blog coming directly from Austria...
kind regard from Vienna
angelika

[Moira]

Hi Johanna,

I'll definitely be purchasing the book this week, and I'm really looking forward to reading your contribution! It's so inspiring to read your comments about being a new mother as well...the same sort of things I've struggled with since having our little ones.

Thanks for sharing!

[Jeanne]

Hi and congrats, fellow "woo-hoo-my-name-in-print-at-last!" food writer!

I meant to do a post as well but have not got round to it (hmm, what a shocker!) - will do so soon. We must chat this weekend about maybe doing something in London to promote it??

[Owen]

Niki - just FYI - if we sell enough copies and I make a little money we will do it again for summer 2004 to summer 2005. When I started I had about 50 food blogs that were serious enough to track (published regularly etc.) on my list. Guess how many are on that list now? 350!!

Jeanne - what are you waiting for!?!

Seriously - if you want to do an event I will lend what support I can (if you get RSVPs and guesstimate numbers and give me enough time I can bulk ship copies etc.) I think there are four of you in England - all within striking distance of London - so you might be able to get you all together...

[johanna]

yeah, owen, what you don't know is that Jeanne and I have done some homework and organised a get-together for all bloggeres in the vicinity of London. Taking place this afternoon at my house.
Hopefully we can get ourselves in gear to organise a book-promoting event somewhere soon!

[Owen]

wow! wish I could join in. THe SF crowd have done a coupole of those but I was too suburban for them to realise I lived in the Bay Area! Maybe I'll meet them at the launch