Bear with me… the cookbook has passed dream stage
It’s been rather hard to pull myself together to open this blog after what happened last Friday. You’ll have to read it in my other blog. I suggest that you do so that you can better understand the rest of this entry.
Done? Okay…
My first reaction was to put Pinoy Cook on semi-retirement. Meaning, no updating to wrap up the work on the cookbook that I first mentioned more than a year ago. The writing part wasn’t so hard, taking better photos was harder. It didn’t help either that I couldn’t — still can’t — work fulltime on the book. I have a family — a hungry husband and kids, I have a twice weekly op-ed column, I write for a magazine, I teach “Internet and Law” to high school seniors and there’s also an IT Guild which is like a combination of IT and high school journalism. But the most trying part was writing the cookbook and keeping this blog up-to-date. It was like writing two cookbooks at the same time.
So, if you noticed, the other food blog had been moved so that maintaining the online part will now entail less work. Hopefully, there won’t be any reason to put the blog on semi-retirement. The cookbook is practically done. Actually, it’s done for all intents and purposes. I still want to re-shoot some photos but the content has been complete for a couple of months now. I was just, you know, hanging on to it. I don’t know how to explain it. The moment it felt complete, it was like I poured so much of me into it and it would be hard to part with it. But then, I didn’t write it just for me to pore over, did I?
Anyway, so the files had been sitting in my MacBook waiting for I-don’t-know-what when Marketman discovered the rip-off. There was this inexplicable feeling that the I-don’t-know-what that I had been waiting for has finally materialized.
Please don’t expect a traditional cookbook. In fact, I’d rather call it a foodbook rather than a cookbook. It isn’t even organized in the usual way. It’s meant for the kitchen (lots of recipes) but it can also be a bedside companion (food articles). My original plan was to include some recipes from the blog archives but the way that the book evolved, well, all the recipes are either radically new (result of too much time to experiment in the kitchen) or new versions of recipes that have been published here before. But it is the articles about appreciation for Filipino food that I am especially proud of, written during what I’d like to think of as extraordinary moments of inspiration. Beyond that, I won’t say anymore at this point.
That said, let me share a comment posted by long-time reader Sam who is based in Kuwait:
I owe you my success in starting my mini-catering business here in Kuwait! What started as a hobby became an adventure and now a business-venture with close friends! I can’t express how much i thank you for everything
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I want you to know that through all the headaches and heartaches I’ve gone through to keep this blog online, and there have been so many from content thieves to technical difficulties, it is your feedbacks — like Sam’s — that has kept me going.
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Hey, well, ngayon pa lang kino-congratulate na kita
Pag lumabas yung libro papa-sign ako ng copy ah? 
of course! hehehe salamat
i’ll buy your book for sure mam connie, a gift for my mom.
matagal ng nagbabasa sa other blog mo at dito sa pinoycook. lahat ng recipes na nakukuha ko dito ay pinapatikim ko sa family ko, laging hit sa kanila. salamat ng marami.
more power. god bless you and your family.
ako din ate connie. papa-sign ko din ha. ive always liked the kitchen. i first encountered your food blog when i was looking for a baked mac recipe. everytime, a recipe for a mac&cheese will pop up. until i found your site. halos lahat, very interesting lutuin. and not to mention, madali lang hanapin ung ingredients. and also, magaling ka magexplain ng procedure. thanks ate connie. akala talaga ng family ko, ang galing galing ko na magluto.they always ask for baked mac now! sabi ko naman, “galing kasi ni ate connie”. i feel like through your cooking, i know you. thanks!
i’d like to own a copy of your foodbook. i hope you’ll sell it online - for your avid readers living abroad (like me!)
ang cute ng cat… si Pepper ba yan? Hopefully, hindi na magtatagal ang foodbook. Am excited na to get one.
You know, everytime my collegues would ask me about the recipe of my “baon for the day”, I always say, log on to pinoycook.net and search for it. Pag lumabas na yung book, ang isasagot ko na sa kanila will be “bumili kaya kayo ng book!”
This is the best site for me whent it comes to cooking and food bits. I’m really glad I came across this site while looking for a recipe. Lots of thanks to you.
hi! i’ll look forward for that book, pa-sign din po ako ha?
btw, is that your cat? i like her/his color. i’m crazy about cats. i have one male siamese cat, my daughter keeps on nagging me to buy her a persian.
“Imitation is the best form of flattery”(?) something like that…have used that phrase during my high school days wherein some higher studes steal our idea on cheer dancing competition. I know how it feels to be ripped off, I happen to join in one Singapore based forum where a lot of recipes were ripped off! It was very horrible.
Anyway, whatever you’re decision, I will be at your back supporting..but before you go semi-retired…may I say…thank you bec of your blog and also kay Marketman…I learn a lot of new Filipino food. I enjoy reading this and your other blog. Your my inspiration. Good luck.
hey connie, great to here about yr foodbook well done and i hope it will be available internationally!
Wow! Book signing, food tasting, foodie party!
I’ll be in line for your autograph of course.
I’m very excited already to have a copy of your cookbook. Sana as soon as possible…hehehe.. I’m now a big fun of your recipes. I plan to compile your recipes Miss. Connie for personal use only. Sabi ng mother in law ko masarap daw ako magluto. I said courtesy of pinoycook.. Pati siya nagka interest sa foodblog mo. Godbless.
I just got home from the mall. Actually, it was a side trip but I took the opportunity to buy a new (and bigger) plate, and a springform pan, for the dessert photos I still want to re-shoot.
Please know that I’m going full-blast with the project. And that I’m looking into all the possibilities with regard to making it available on Amazon for those abroad.
Thank you for your feedbacks and support. These are very exciting times indeed.
Hi Connie!
I’m a big fan of your website and it would be exciting to have a copy of your food book. I’m always excited to cook because your recipes are really simple (ingredients & procedure). It’s really sad how people copy things on the internet without even acknowledging the rightful owner of the idea. But may mga ganun tlaga na tao. Anyway, good luck in your food book & I hope maka pa sign din ako copy kapag bumisita kmi ng Pinas.
God bless you and your family.
p.s. btw, I recommended your website to my “non-Filipino” friends and they like it. Mag try daw sila ng recipes mo!
Yay! It will be on Amazon. Looking forward to it. I actually had my niece buy Kitty Go’s books in the Philippines and have her shipped them here. I’m glad I don’t have to do this again when your book is in print.
Hi Miss Connie! =)
I’ve been looking forward to your foodbook since you have announced it last year.
May those who use your recipes without permission be hit by a lightning. =P God bless and more power to you! =)
Congrats and I can’t wait to get one!
Hi Connie,I cannot wait to buy your foodbook.Congratulations!
I’m glad you were not discouraged by unethical writers, bloggers, and journalists who are always looking for the easy way out.
Push through with the book - you deserve the satisfaction. Congratulations in advance!
congrats miss connie. you teach internet and law to high school students? they also teach that subject in San Sebastian College of Law. I keep wondering how they manage to extend teaching that subject till the end of the semester
Thank you, thank you! Double time na ako hhahaha
honey, when we first did the course outline, it was a skeleton. by the time we were through, you can’t imagine just how many topics can fall under that subject.
I’ve been visiting and loving your blog for months and months that I’m certain that the cookbook will earn only rave reviews.Then whenever I hear readers talk about the cookbook, I’ll feel particularly proud and say that hey, I know THE CONNIE VENERACION.
Congratulations, Ms. Connie.
thanks, soloops. it’s so tempting sometimes to mention the recipes in the book, pero, surprise na lang hehehehe
sayang naman po kung itititgil nyo na.. marami pa naman kayong natutulungan.. lalong lalo n sa akin malaking tulong itong site nyo.. sa maniwala man kayo o hindi dito ako unang natutong magluto. magbasa ng recipe at magluto ng masarap.. madali kasing basahin ang mga ingredients at kung pano lutuin.. madali din mahanap ang mga inredients.. nagsimula akong magbasa ng site n ito kung hindi ako nagkakamali.. mga 2003 naghahanap ako ng mga pagkaing maihahanda ko para sa xmas at new year.. at doon ko na nga nakita ang site na ito.. at napakarami ko ng natutunan na recipe dito ang mga ibang recipe ko nga asa index card pa.. kasama na doon ang pinaka masarap na polvoron.. nanghihinayang din ako nung minsan sinabi mo na halos kalahati ng recipe ay nawala.. (di ko na matandaan ang reason) basta gusto ko lang sabihin sa iyo na “the best” po kayo… dahil marami po kayong natutulungan at isa na ako doon..gud luck!! God bless!
hindi ko ititigil itong blog, ivan. momentary depression lang yun. yung mga nawala eh mababalik din yun pag naluto ulit.
ah di ok naman po pala.. huwag kana po palang ma-depress.. lam nyo naman po ang mandadaya o kaya ang mga nangoongopya e laging talo.. saka alalahanin nyo n lang na katulad lang sya ng mga nangongopya noong high school na halos pati name nyo e nakopya ( ehehe ) pa sa Diyos yo n lang po yun.. kita nyo naman nalaman pa din na sa inyo galing ang recipe na yon.. dahil the best po talaga ang mga recipe nyo!! =)
me target date na po ba ang publication niyo? kasi i will have to send my sis to get me a copy of your cookbook - di pwedeng di ako makakuha ng kopya!!! reading your recipes helped me improved my konting kaalaman in cooking and it helped me a lot esp. when i was out of work here.
i wish you success in your cookbook and more power to you !!
Hi, Connie!
I just found the time to open my personal email and I got frantic when I read your entry about retiring this blog. Thank God you changed your mind! You never know how much you have touched our lives.
I really hope you will have a lecture, cooking demo or something here in Cebu so we can meet you in person.
More power to you Connie! And yes, I will buy not one but 3 of your cookbook - one for me and for my girls (ages 15 and 10) for their future households!
Ah finally light at the end of the tunnel - mine that is… matatapos na pala waiting time ko hehe It seems you’d need to schedule some sort of book signing for us, your fans.
Wowee! Congratulations Ate Connie!!! Pwede na bang mag-order?
ivan LOL pati name ha? LOL
aleth, pag may definite date na, i’ll announce.
Very Veron, next trip to Cebu, I’ll e-mail you.
Auee, eh ang layo mo kaya hehehehe
Pag pwede na, KK, announce ko. Ang bagal ko na mag-blog kasi nga… para matapos na.
Hi Ms. Connie,
I can’t wait for your foodbook! I’ll definitely get one. I’m newly wed and still lives with my in-laws. But when we live on our own, I want to cook good food for my family by myself.
Pa-sign din ha!
Hi Ms. Connie,
I’ll be waiting for the release of the book. Though I’m not a good cook I like to learn more in the kitchen, especially when my father’s cooking is really good. I asked him once to teach me his recipes and he said na “tantyahan lang yan,” and he’s a carpenter for that matter. And being a late bloomer in terms of learning how to cook, that technique didn’t work for me. I bought several cookbooks but to no avail. And I am really interested in the way you cook, and with the comments you receive means that your recipe really works. More power to you!
Ang tagal ko hindi nag surf (at nag blog…
I want a copy of that book, too. Gusto ko din autograph hehehehe abangan ko yan Connie
People in the house are gaining weight because of this book hehehehe
As a sneak peek, pastel del pollo is included hehehehe
Hi Con,
I’ve been reading your blog for a year and I like your recipes. I’ve cook some of them and they’re good. I told my sisters in P.I. about this blog of yours and they are wondering how did I know about it. Anyways, thanks for your recipes.