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Jessie Sheehan's avatar

good luck! so exciting.

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Alice Whiting's avatar

How fun! I used to do prop styling on recipe books, I loved the part where you got to eat everything at the end of the day 😋 Good luck and have a fantastic shoot!

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Denise Capen's avatar

Fascinating to learn all that goes into a new cookbook. I so enjoyed all of your details and can't wait to see your work in print.

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Saskia Mehlhorn's avatar

That sounds so exciting! Good luck! One question - what is a magpie?

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Ann's avatar

A magpie is a type of crow . We often say a person who obsessively collects things to be a magpie.

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Bobbie's avatar

That explains why google couldn’t find me anything about a kitchen tool called a magpie. 😅

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Ann's avatar

Crows are very intelligent birds. There is an amazing video of a crow stacking small plastic cups in the correct order. They also recognize faces so don’t antagonize one.

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Nicole Costello's avatar

Gosh this sounds incredible!

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Ann's avatar

I’ve learned many things from this post. WOW! All the work that goes on behind the scene. Thanks.

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Traci Brown's avatar

How do you possibly have your family around during this shoot? You continue to amaze me!!

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Luisa Weiss's avatar

They're basically not here!

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Victoria Carr's avatar

I cannot wait for this book (but I have to). ❤️

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Bobbie's avatar

This is fascinating! I didn’t realize that food stylists also did the cooking. Learning so much! Thank you for taking us along on this ride.

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Renate Nicholls's avatar

Thank you for sharing this journey very exciting. I look forward this!

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Stacy Weiland's avatar

This is so exciting and it sounds like you have an amazing team. Looking forward to Classic German Cooking!

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Luisa Weiss's avatar

I feel SO fortunate.

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Katie's avatar

Thanks for sharing! I clicked on Elena's link and immediately recognized her photos from Aegean and Summer Kitchens, so lovely.

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Luisa Weiss's avatar

Isn't she incredible?

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Debra Samuels's avatar

Good luck dear Luisa. What a wonderful team you assembled. You are a generous host. And the family will eat well!

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suzy's avatar

Wow! What a lot of work you have laid out here. It is surprising that for someone who has mountains of cookbooks ( me) I have never given a lot of thought into what goes into them. Amazing. Good luck and I look forward to the book which I pre-ordered...at least I think I did!

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Luisa Weiss's avatar

Not yet, I don't think, but soon!

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Heimweh's avatar

Viel Spaß!

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Karmen's avatar

I cannot wait to buy this book and reading about your progress makes it even more special.

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