Focus on Form
Nom Nom Paleo
Between the mid-20th century and today, cookbooks have continued to evolve. The rise of food television has given TV chefs the opportunity to write and publish their own cookbooks. Growing concerns about genetically modified foods, gluten sensitivity, vegan lifestyle and animal welfare, and other health/social issues have lent themselves to the creation of issue-specific cookbooks as well. The style of cookbooks has remained much the same since the mid-20th century, but with the frequent addition of the author's narrative. Many contemporary cookbooks are inundated with the author's personal thoughts about their purpose for the cookbook, rationale for ingredients used, extra instruction regarding cooking techniques, and other relevant tidbits of information. Cookbooks are no longer just collections of recipes, as The Forme of Cury was. Now they are formulated with the readers in mind: their lifestyles, their kitchen competencies, their desired connection to food. Not only is the content of these books evolving to fit the reader, but the presentation of them is changing as well. Aside from physical books, you can find "cookbooks", or collections of recipes, on websites and blogs, and in eBook versions.
One example of a contemporary cookbook with an eBook version is Nom Nom Paleo, written by Michelle Tam and Henry Fong in 2013. This cookbook came about from the authors' blog by the same name, which began in October 2010. Much like a regular print cookbook, the blog includes an index of recipes, complete with photographs and narratives about the recipes. Clicking on the title of a recipe will take you to the webpage for the blog post that contains that recipe.
One example of a contemporary cookbook with an eBook version is Nom Nom Paleo, written by Michelle Tam and Henry Fong in 2013. This cookbook came about from the authors' blog by the same name, which began in October 2010. Much like a regular print cookbook, the blog includes an index of recipes, complete with photographs and narratives about the recipes. Clicking on the title of a recipe will take you to the webpage for the blog post that contains that recipe.
The physical cookbook Nom Nom Paleo is presented along the same lines of the blog. The authors include introductions to their recipes, their reasons for using certain ingredients or for making each recipe, and advice regarding preparation and cooking techniques, especially those that are specific to the paleo diet.
The eBook version of Nom Nom Paleo is nearly identical to the print version. It includes the same graphics, photographs, and narratives. What differs in the eBook version is that some of the fonts, colors, and presentation of information is simpler and slightly varied from the print version. The eBook version displays "pages", but its page numbers are completely different from the physical book version. Because you can adjust font sizes when viewing an eBook, the page numbers are not consistent, so they are not included in the eBook's table of contents. However, the table of contents allows you to tap on an item on it in order to go directly to a certain page/recipe/category.
Though eBook and other online versions of cookbooks may differ in presentation from their physical versions, the content remains the same. Electronic versions of cookbooks are meant to provide a different way of viewing content, so the means is the message in them, so to speak.
References
Images from http://www.amazon.com/Nom-Paleo-Food-Humans/dp/1449450334/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427341036&sr=8-
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References
Images from http://www.amazon.com/Nom-Paleo-Food-Humans/dp/1449450334/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427341036&sr=8-
1&keywords=nom+nom+paleo