Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Beyonce Knowles plans to publish cookbook and I plan to publish dive book

Gnocchi with sautéed bean sprouts
Food Diary (July 27, 2011)
Breakfast: Boiled egg with sourdough toast
Lunch: Gnocchi with sautéed bean sprouts
Dinner: Pasta and mixed vegetables, pickled apples

Gnocchi with sautéed bean sprouts is unusual, the professionals may not consider this to be a good pairing but I found it pleasant. The sprouts were not very crunchy otherwise the contrast in textures may have been too much to handle. I happily finished it and I know it was good for me! 

                     
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There seems to be an interest or even an obsession with writing cookbooks. Well known singer Beyonce Knowles plans to publish a soul food cookbook. She says the inspiration comes from her mother who prepared a spread of collard greens, cornbread, macaroni and cheese and fried chicken no matter where in the world they were. Additional encouragement came from Gwyneth Paltrow who has already published a cookbook.

Lots of non-cooks have published cookbooks, there is nothing too unusual with that. But Beyonce’s case is special, she is not a great cook, and doesn't really enjoy cooking. But she never said she does not like writing or publishing cookbooks!

This has given me ideas too. Maybe I will publish a book on diving. The fact that I don’t dive shouldn’t matter, it’s a minor technical detail!


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21 comments:

  1. Just a minor detail lol. I wonder what her cookbook will consist of other than her family recipes. Hey mebe she will fall in love with cooking :)

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  2. Oh, I'm craving your no bake cookies...yum! And good luck with your diving book ;)

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  3. Oh...that braised pork looks amazing and beautiful
    Good luck with your dive book...hope you get it published!

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  4. Diving out a window or into water? Minor technical details! Wahahaha! Sorry ... a little hyper today ... lack of coffee :D
    I really admire how disciplined you are with your diet ... think I mentioned that before ... still can't get over it. Wish I had a stronger will.

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  5. And that's why I won't be buying Beyonce's book!

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  6. Hehe very funny post about the cookbook. I had no idea any of these celebrities ate much anyway! :P

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  7. ooh that gnocci looks wonderful!

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  8. How awesome is gnocchi? LOVE! And pickled apples? really? I must try them!

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  9. I like that unusual pairing for the gnocchi, and I agree with yummychunklet,
    I won't be buying Beyonce's cookbook either!

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  10. Heh. I'd read your dive book WELL before i read Beyonce's cook book :)

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  11. Junia: I think it will be mainly family recipes. Maybe it will be better if her mum writes it!

    Lizzy and Elisabeth: thanks, if I ever attempt the book I will need all the luck I can get:)

    ping: Diving out of the window into the water, hopefully:) Lack of coffee has the opposite effect on me, makes me less hyper.

    yummychunklet: me neither, actually I don’t buy any cookbooks

    Lorraine: good point, and some can’t cook either!

    Sonia: it looks really delicious, and different as well

    Lora: thank you

    Erica: Pickled apples are awesome, quite refreshing

    Nancy: thank you, it was unusual but worked, or maybe I was hungry:)

    Parsley Sage: thanks for the words of encouragement:)

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  12. I totally agree. This little detail shouldn't stop you from writing a book about diving ;-) Cooking books publishing starts becoming really ridiculous. Anything sells if it's signed by a famous person. On the other hand I have a fascinating book written by Arthur Rubinstein's wife (Nela) and it contains wonderful home recipes, each of them worked perfectly well. However, she was really passionate about cooking... Not just a nice-looking wife of a famous man.

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  13. Interesting, but I don't think I will be buying it haha. It seems celebrities have the ability to do many things if they want, such as writing cookbooks, workout videos or releasing a perfume! I guess if you can, why not?! Is that homemade gnocchi? It looks more rectangle-shaped than the usual oval-shaped?

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  14. wtf Beyonce is coming out with a cookbook??!! Well... then this might be my very first soul food cookboook. LOVE her :-)

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  15. LOL, yep everyone can write a cookbook these days, helps when your famous too. I wont' be buying her book.

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  16. Gnocchi looks wonderful I haven't made with sprouts

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  17. Perhaps the book could come with an accompanying audio CD with Beyonce singing the recipes??

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  18. Sissi: thanks for the encouragement! I suppose there is a market for all sorts of books and I won’t be surprised if Beyonce publishes a book and it sells well.

    Hazel: Yes it is homemade though it does not have the ‘authentic’ shape:)

    Anna: Beyonce has her first customer and she hasn’t even started writing:)

    Cheap Ethnic Eatz: in her case being famous is probably the only reason people will buy.

    Torviewtoronto: thank you

    Kate: good idea, that way you can listen to recipes instead of music and also learn something at the same time:)

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  19. Haha, funny. I guess only her fan will buy the cookbook, not necessarily for cooking the recipes, so it works out?! Both of braised pork from yesterday and today look delicious!

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  20. Owww, that glaze makes is it more attractive and delicious!

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