42: How to Write Recipe Titles

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Kate talks with Molly, Andrea and Kristin all about recipe titles. They share what makes one stand out, what is an immediate veto and how these have evolved over the years. They discuss the importance of indexing, the challenge of translation and how grammar, structure and formatting are used in titling along with some of their own that they'd like to revisit.

Hosts: Kate Leahy + Andrea Nguyen + Molly Stevens + Kristin Donnelly

Editor: Abby Cerquitella

Mentions

Gourmet Cookbook

Boston Cooking School / Fanny Farmer Series

Cook it in a Casserole

Cooking Bold and Fearless Recipes from Sunset Chefs of the West

The Book of Yogurt

Secret Ingredients

Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook

Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the show

• Change of Appetite by Diana Henry

• Nigel Slater

• Vietnamese Food Any Day by Andrea Nguyen

• Ever-Green Vietnamese by Andrea Nguyen

• Mi Cocina by Rick Martinez

• The Woks of Life by Sarah Leung, Bill Leung

• Rice is Life by Caryl Levine, Ken Lee, Kristin Donnelly