Year from Hell
Posted
Fri, 01/01/16
2015 is not a year I'll look back on with a great deal of pleasure. My darling mother passed away a few days before Thanksgiving, and I went through bouts of illness as well. Food was the last thing on my mind amidst all the misery and sadness, something I didn't want to share via blog posts (hence the scarcity of them during the later part of 2015). Who wants to hear bad news on a regular basis? It was bad enough living through it myself. I had no desire to inflict my pain on others.
Several months ago, I made public two cover designs for the upcoming Global Seafood Cookbook via Food Fare Cookbooks Facebook page. I did so in order for people to choose their favorite. I fully intended to select the cover voted most popular by readers. These were the selections:
Without a doubt, the sedate cover with a gray background (pictured above left) was chosen by readers, friends and many family members. However, my mother proved to be the exception. She preferred the more colorful and light-hearted cover (pictured above right), which will be the published version.
The book cover was the last bit of design and writing Mum saw from me, and I wanted to honor her choice. It is definitely more complicated than choosing a book cover, naturally. Losing my mother has been the most devastating event in my life to date, something I'm doubtful I'll ever fully recover from. Keeping busy with the preparation of the Global Seafood Cookbook was a salvation of sorts, in part preventing me from diving into a complete depression.
The Global Seafood Cookbook will be dedicated to the loving memory of my mother, Joyce M. O'Toole. I miss you desperately, Mum.
Tags: Cookbooks;
Seafood
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