For this project I will be making a cookbook using InDesign with both text and photographs of the finished dish. I’m attempting to make Seven dishes, one for everyday of the week. Each title will be something like “Monday Mash”, or “Stir Friday”.
The idea is to make a cookbook for college students who are on a budget, but also want a healthy, hardy, meal at least once a day. All the dishes will be dinner dishes and they’ll be in this format. Each of the seven dishes will have two pages in which there will be a photograph on one side and the ingredients and recipe on the other. The recipe will be set up thus.
There will be The Basic, which is essentially the one grain or base (rice, pasta, quinoa, tortilla, etc…), the protein (beans, meat, fish, egg, etc…) and the veggie (raw, steamed, sautéed, salad, etc…) and the basic seasoning (salt, pepper, ketchup, BBQ, etc…).
The next will be the add-on category or the If you have it…, which will add variety by listing a multitude a delicious vegetables, seasoning, and meat rubs, that go well with the dish.
And the final category will be the Grand Cuisine, which is fully loaded with everything from suggestions on presentation, to drinks of choice and mouth watering appetizers, not to mention some kitchen secrets that will surely make that girl you’re trying to impress jump right into your open arms as soon as she tries the first bight… Or something along those lines.
I’m still working on the title and I haven’t made up any of the full recipe sheets but I have a good idea of all the dishes I’d like to have on there. My first hurtle will be getting a good enough camera for the pictures of the dishes and then also convincing my roommate to let me take over the kitchen for a few weeks. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a while now and I think this is the perfect opportunity to try it out.
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