Chronic in the Kitchen
My cookbook “Chronic in the Kitchen — When You’re in Too Much Pain to Cook Too Much” which contains over 100 recipes that are easy, tasty, and healthy has been pitched to a publisher, Whitecap Books. An acquaintance of mine, Julie Van Rosendaal, helped me tremendously with the “pitch letter.” Julie’s a cookbook author, chef, caterer, blogger www.dinnerwithjulie.com, writer, TV star and intrepid traffic reporter. Whitecap’s published her cookbooks and Julie helped me with the pitch letter and gave me a contact at Whitecap to direct my inquiry to.
Here’s the “pitch”:
About Me
Allow me to introduce myself – I like to eat, cook and bake. I’m also a person who happens to have a chronic pain condition. I’m a former administrative assistant who now has a home based writing and web design business with my husband.
Previous publishing credits include acting as a reporter for a non-profit organization’s bi-weekly publication, and the publication of a short story in a local writer’s magazine. I’ve been writing since I was in my teens and blogging since 2008.
About My Cookbook
I found that a lot of recipes – while tasty – had a lot of preparation and were quite time- and energy-consuming – to make. To help people in the kitchen who, like myself, cope with chronic pain, I’ve written, adapted, compiled and developed “Chronic In the Kitchen – When You’re in Too Much Pain to Cook Too Much,” which contains over 100 recipes. Recipes that are easy, healthy, and time-saving, designed for those who suffer from extreme fatigue, pain and low energy. Those who experience pain in their hands from repetitive strain injuries, arthritis or fibromyalgia will appreciate the small amount of preparation required. Most recipes take 30 minutes or less counter-to-table.
Granted, there are many cookbooks that have fast, easy to prepare recipes. However, with my cookbook, I’ve tried to minimize the amount of processed foods used as it’s possible that, for some people, certain preservatives or additives can exacerbate chronic pain. It’s also chock full of tips to help those with chronic pain be awap (as well as possible.)
Regarding photographs, while I have a high end point and shoot digital camera, I am not sure that it is up to the task of photographing the quality images required for a book.
Note, too, that I stand ready, willing and able to handle the promotion of this book via media appearances and other marketing as necessary to help this cookbook succeed!
About Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is defined as pain that lasts longer than 6 months.
According to www.iasp-pain.org:
1 in 5 adults and 1 in 3 seniors suffers from chronic pain. The prevalence of chronic pain increases with age.
Statistics from the Canadian Pain Coalition show that 13 – 30% of Canadians cope with chronic pain.
(Statistics included to show that there is a market for this cookbook.)
Let’s hope this pitch is a home run!
Note – if anyone would like purchase copies of this cookbook, please contact me at kathyatbignoise-enterprises.com.
