Book Production Phase 20 This is IT!!!
Jul 26, 2009 | From the kitchen of Rose
This is the last day of my vacation with my now 95 year old dad. He has gained 8 pounds and I have lost 5. There have been breads, and cakes, and cherry pie, and roasts (prime ribs and duck)...photos to come at a later time. I have learned that cooking and baking burn a lot more calories than blogging! But I had to turn on the computer just to share this terrific surprise experience: The Book arrived!
It was "born" on my Dad's birthday, July 23, as it arrived at the publishers (Wiley) two weeks early, and was sent overnight to me in Hope where it arrived on July 24. I have gone through it page by page at least 4 times and have taken it from room to room so it is always there to gaze at and stroke as I pass it by. (I love feeling the raised spot lamination of the title.) Of course I even took it to bed to look at one more time before placing it on the night stand on top of The Cake Bible.
As an amusing aside, when my friend Randy Johnson came to visit with his wife Cathy a few years ago, he looked at the lineup of my then 8 books on the kitchen shelf and said: "a foot of books"! to which I responded: "quite a feat"!
My Dad, whose vision sadly is quite poor, also leafed through the entire book and had major compliments for Ben Fink, the photographer. My Dad was a big time amateur photographer, even developing his own photos. When he returns to upstate NY he will be receiving a magnifier from the VA. When his copy of the book arrives he'll be able to see the photos much better!
The book is so exquisitely beautiful, so true to my vision of what I had hoped for it to be, that it takes my breath away, defying adequate description. Everyone at Wiley is astonished by its beauty and my dear editor Pam Chirls sent the loveliest e-card which I shall always treasure.
This really is my last production posting as the book doesn't get more produced than this! Soon you'll be able to hold the book in your hards and see for yourself. I so look forward to your feedback. Meantime, I'll be sure to bring this advance copy to the Epicurean Event in Michigan end of August for anyone who is coming and would like a preview. If another miracle of earlier than expected shipment occurs, we may even have some copies for sale at the event.
Be sure to check out Marie Wolf's blog http://www.heavenlycakeplace.blogspot.comfor more sneak previews of the cakes she is baking from the book and next Saturday Hector's wedding cake from the wedding cake chapter will be posted on this blog.
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Bill
08/02/2009 12:22 PM
Congrats. I can't wait. I have really loved reading about the process, it has really been fascinating.
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Felicity
07/30/2009 10:22 PM
This sounds very very interesting - I can't wait until the details become available! In the meantime, I'll be keeping my eye on YouTube.
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Rose
07/30/2009 10:08 PM
i'll inquire into itunes but i suspect it is a whole separate project!
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Felicity
07/30/2009 10:01 PM
Ooh thanks Rose! Can't wait. Do you think it will be available on iTunes? My daughter has been downloading Martha podcasts from there, and loves them, but I would love to her to try out the Cake Master :0)
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Rose
07/30/2009 09:34 PM
thanks felicity! the dvd will be downloadable on line but i also just finished posting all the segments on you tube and it will begin airing with a posting link from this blog, once a week, starting august 12.
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Felicity
07/30/2009 09:24 PM
Rose congratulations! The Cake Bible has received such heavy use around my house (more than any other cookbook by several orders of magnitude :0), and accompanied so many family celebrations over the years, that I just can't wait for this new one to come out.
I thought I remembered reading somewhere that there would be an instructional DVD as well, but couldn't see on Amazon.ca whether it came with the book, or had to be ordered especially?
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Rozanne
07/29/2009 10:19 PM
Congratulations Rose! What a perfect day for your book to be "born" - your dad's b'day:) Great timing.
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Oriana
07/29/2009 06:35 PM
Rose,
It has been a long journey and it has been a pleasure to read about its progress. It must be an extraordinary satisfaction and pride to finally have the fruit of your labour in your hands.
Oriana
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Rachael
07/28/2009 05:35 PM
Congratulations Rose. I can't wait to see the book in person.
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Rose
07/27/2009 12:27 PM
I'm happy to report that it does have a lemon almond wedding cake--my fav recipe in the new book!
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zinnur
07/27/2009 09:45 AM
Dear Rose, i ama passionate amateur baker who has succesfully made several wedding cakes from your Cake Bible for friends. i always wanted to make a nut wedding cake, but refrained from doing so as Cake Bible did not include such a recipe with charts. i would like to know if the new book has a wedding cake section, and if yes, whether or not it has a nut-cake recipe.
Thanks for your wonderfully detailed books,
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Daphne
07/26/2009 11:42 PM
It's amazing how excited I feel reading this... CONGRATULATIONS, Rose! How fabulous you must be feeling. I can't wait to have the book in my hot little hands!
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Marie Wolf
07/26/2009 05:28 PM
I can't wait until everyone gets a chance to look through this beautiful book, and try to decide which recipe to try first. I feel very honored to have had the "sneak preview," but I'll feel even better when every baker is able to see the end result of all this work!
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