Happy New Year! Molly, Kristin, Kate and Andrea take a look at the past year in cookbooks and share their thoughts on the trends they predict for 2025. They discuss how the pandemic affected the cookbook market, how they see production costs and finances changing and share some insights from editors and agents about what publishers are looking for in 2025 (hint: platform!). They talk about speciality markets, single subject expertise, branded and restaurant books before sharing a few teasers of our upcoming season.

Hosts: Kate Leahy + Molly Stevens + Kristin Donnelly + Andrea Nguyen

Editor: Abby Cerquitella

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Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the show

• Champagne by Peter Liem
• The Bean Book
• King Arthur Baking Company
• The Red Boat Fish Sauce Cookbook
• The Cake Bible
• Africali
• Islas
• Kalaya's Southern Thai Kitchen: A Cookbook
• The French Laundry Cookbook
• Coastal