I wrote a cookbook. — Key Takeaways
Jessica Sours (Roots & Refuge) is releasing a cookbook called *Rooted in the Kitchen* on April 6th, available for pre-order now.
Key takeaways
Turn your waiting room into a classroom
Turn your waiting room into a classroom
- When stuck in an apartment with no land or money, she learned to cook from library cookbooks instead of giving up on her homestead dream.
- She says becoming equipped for a dream is the best thing you can do, whether or not it's obtainable.
Cookbook recipes were developed by reverse-engineering from taste
Cookbook recipes were developed by reverse-engineering from taste
- She cooked by feel and taste for years, never writing recipes down.
- For the book, she measured ingredients after mixing, tested, adjusted, and re-cooked until written amounts matched results.
In 2007, grass-fed beef wasn't available at mainstream stores
In 2007, grass-fed beef wasn't available at mainstream stores
- At age 21 in Knoxville, she couldn't buy grass-fed beef at Walmart and had no local sourcing community.
- No YouTube channels existed for homesteading advice at that time.
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In this video
- 1mKitchen Tour and Announcement Setup
- 1mWhy the Cookbook Took So Long
- 3mThe Announcement and Backstory
- 4mThe Apartment Years and Learning to Cook
- 8mWaiting Room as Classroom Philosophy
- 9mSkills Meeting the Dream Realized
- 10mThe Book as a Gift to Her Younger Self
- 12mBook Details and Personal Hopes
- 14mWhy She Waited and What It Means
- 15mPre-Order Appeal and Closing
“Turn your waiting room into a classroom.”
— Jessica Sours
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