In Creating a Family Cookbook, Monica describes how she decides to record her eighty-five-year-old mother’s history and recipes before it’s too late. With no prior knowledge, she undertakes a self-publishing journey first using a fee-for-service publishing company and later a print-on-demand company where she must do it herself.

If you’ve ever thought about self-publishing your stories, Creating a Family Cookbook offers insights into the amount of time and effort required to make a book, and discloses how much it costs. Monica shares what she’s learned about memoir writing, book design, food photography, and self-publishing, and provides the tips and tricks she’s discovered along the way.