What I did on my summer vacation--The Ghost in the Pantry: Culinary Travels through Four Generations

[erininny]

...is finally up on the DailyLit site. smileys/smile.gif

A recap: soooooo, when we moved to New York and I was frantically looking for a job in publishing, I happened upon the DailyLit people, who offer titles online and were looking for externs. Over the summer, I sifted through piles of my husband's family recipes, and my own family's, and what came out of that was this attempt to grab recipes and vignettes that would otherwise be dust. As some of you know, I've been testing and playing with the recipes (and writing lots and lots of HTML) for the last few months, with tasty results!

I hate posting rah-rah stuff like this, but a bunch of you asked to be alerted (for which I'm eternally grateful), so here's my big news that the cookbook is finally online, live, shiny, and ready for readers!

Like all DailyLit titles, this is delivered in installments--you sign up, and they send you a small dose of Czech and American cooking at an hour you appoint, right to your email address. If you happen to read email on your phone, then, hey voila, you can wander the aisles of your market and nab ingredients for anything that interests you. smileys/smile.gif

In any case, if you sign up for it, I'd love to hear your feedback, of course!

Best wishes,

Erin

http://dailylit.com/books/ghost-in-the-pantry

 

[heather_in_sf]

Hi Erin, Congratulations! This is exciting! I just signed up...

 

[sandi-in-hawaii]

I signed up too! Congratulations!

 

[judy-mass]

What fun!

I'll be signing up as soon as I get home.

 

[deb-in-mi]

Awesome!!

 

[curious1]

Awesome indeed! Congratulations Erin, and thanks for the heads up.

 

[pat-nocal]

How exciting for you, and for us. I signed up.

 

[amanda_pennsylvania]

Woo hoo! Congrats. I will check it out.

 

[barb_b]

Congrats!! Very cool!! 42 installments? Guessing a big book! Looking forward to reading it

 

[barbara-in-va]

You must be so excited-many congrats! I just signed up too...

Thank you for sharing this with us.

 

[dawnnys]

Great! I will sign up and let you know when I get them.

 

[angak]

Uncle Viktor's Spaghetti

I just love that! congrats Erin.

 

[gayr]

Erin, So exciting for you, congratulations!

 

[erininny]

Thank you! smileys/smile.gif Hope you enjoy it! I'd love to hear your feedback.

I'm planning to pickle a bunch of cheese this weekend, to celebrate. smileys/wink.gif

 

[erininny]

It's pretty small, Barb. smileys/smile.gif The installments are typically one or two recipes (three at most).

 

[elaine]

Great job Erin. Impressive. I am signing up too.

 

[moyn]

That's Great! Congrats!

 

[erininny]

Thanks! smileys/smile.gif

 

[marianne]

I just signed up, and I am so impressed with your stories. You are one of our very gifted authors!

My mother emmigrated from Kosice, Czechoslovakia, to Pennsylvania in 1919, when she was 6 years old. It was a very small family, no one is left to share the Czech memories, so your stories are a sweet link to my Czech heritage. Thank you for recording them and making them available to us. Best regards, Marianne in Alabama.