Kids Cooking and Cookbook Blog

I just came back from the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) meeting in Cleveland. One of the highlights of the meeting was hearing Michael F. Roizen, M.D. talk about living every day to the fullest through a healthy lifestyle. He and Dr. Oz host a show on Oprah and Friends radio where they discuss healing techniques, preventative medicine and the latest in health news. They also share a daily syndicated newspaper column. He is currently chief wellness officer and chair of the Wellness Institute at the Cleveland Clinic.

Earlier I wrote about the spiral/non-spiral cookbook situation. Today I want to tell you about another of our apple

Apples, Apples Everywhere - Favorite Recipes From America's Orchards

cookbooks and how we solved the “cookbook stay open” issue. This cookbook, Apples, Apples Everywhere – Favorite Recipes From America’s Orchards, is a little bit larger than From the Apple Orchard and a different type of binding was used on it – one that allows it to stay open better. The larger size also helps it stay open.

One of our cookbooks, From the Apple Orchard – Recipes for Apple Lovers, sold out in the plastic spiral binding format.  We only have the non-spiral cookbooks left in that title. So today we ordered a bunch with the spirals. Some of our customers have ordered the non-spirals in the past – they are a little cheaper – but most really prefer the cookbook to stay open and order the spiral ones.

What are your preferences? Would you buy a cookbook without the spiral if it were $2.00 cheaper? $3? $4? $5?? Your input will help us with further print runs. Thanks!