How a Cookbook Gets Made with Dan Pelosi

Bad On Paper

Becca Freeman

Skincare, Beauty, Society & Culture, Comedy, Advice, Books, Arts, Careers

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🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re chatting all things cookbooks with our favorite Italian meatball-making-meatballs, Dan Pelosi! Dan is the mind behind GrossyPelosi, the popular Instagram account for all things comfort and food. Dan’s first cookbook, Let’s Eat, hits bookshelves on September 5, 2023!

We talk to Dan about the behind-the-scenes of how cookbooks get made, from recipe development to food styling to how getting a cookbook deal differs from other book deals.

Dan’s restaurant recs

Bernie’s , Rolo’s, Lil Deb’s Oasis, Hilltown Hot Pies, Yummy Kitchen

A cookbook Dan is excited about: Chili Crisp by James Park

Obsessions

O: Winky Lux Flower Balm

B: Pelosi family pasta salad!

What we read this week!

Becca: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, and Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings.

O: The Celebrants by Stephen Rowley, and The Counselors by Jessica Goodman.

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (Have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone. Welcome back to Baton Paper Podcast. I'm Becca Freeman. And I'm Olivia
0:21.8	Mentor. And we are so excited about today's repeat guest. We have Dan Polosi, aka Grossi
0:30.1	talking all about how a cookbook gets made and his new cookbook lets eat. Yes, I loved doing
0:36.6	this interview so much. But before we get into that, let's do some highs and lows. Olivia,
0:42.0	tell me you're high. My high is a simple yet magical one. Okay. The moment that I had this week.
0:48.4	So I was sitting outside. It's been such nice weather here. I was sitting outside working,
0:53.1	silence, drinking my ice coffee, and this thing flew by. And I thought it was a bug because it was
0:58.3	buzzing. It was a hummingbird. I have never seen a hummingbird in the wild in my life. It was just me
1:04.6	in the hummingbird. I gasped. It was just there. It was there. It's weird. It's like it feels like a
1:09.8	fake thing until you see one. I know they're real. Like, rashly. Do you see hummingbirds all the time?
1:15.5	Have you ever seen one? Is this just me? I do not see hummingbirds all the time. I have seen a
1:20.4	hummingbird not like zipping by me. Like, I've seen a hummingbird like near flowers. Yeah.
1:27.2	I'm happy for you. What? Did you look up? Is there like a certain significance to hummingbirds?
1:32.4	Like, you know, like ladybugs or lucky? Oh, I don't know. Should I Google this? What does it mean?
1:39.2	So a hummingbird symbolizes various positive things, joy, good fortune, resilience, and recovery.
1:46.6	Oh, I just googled it and it says it signals that challenging times are over and healing can begin.
1:53.2	I will say it wasn't the exact spot that I spilled the coffee all over myself. Oh, good.
1:58.8	You know what? I have been failing this week like a new energy for life and just very excited
2:05.7	and happy. So it's all making sense to me. The hummingbird brought it. It did. What is your high?
2:11.8	Like, I guess I also am having a shift of mood and energy. I feel like I am flipping
2:19.9	from nervous into excited about my book coming out. I got to announce my events earlier this week
2:26.5	and they sold out in eight hours, which I was floored by. It's amazing. If you missed them,
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