This week on Kitchen Tape, Rose and Crystal sit down with Claire Gilhuly to talk about the editor’s role in shaping a cookbook from idea to finished pages. We dig into how Claire works with authors to refine voice, structure recipes, and build books that feel cohesive, usable, and distinct. The conversation moves through what makes a proposal stand out, how editorial vision develops across a list, and the balance between guiding a project and protecting what makes it singular. Claire also guides us through the full editorial team behind a book — bringing into view the many hands, roles, and decisions that shape a cookbook from the margins, often out of sight.

Mentioned in this episode:
• Après All Day by Kelley Epstein
• The Butter Book by Anna Stockwell
• Cake Picnic by Elisa Sunga
• Party Tricks and Tin to Table by Anna Hezel
• The Flavor of Fire by Kelsey Barnard Clark
• Every Season Is Soup Season and Platters and Boards by Shelly Westerhausen Worcel
• By Heart by Hailee Catalano
• Black Sea by Caroline Eden
• Ama by Josef Centeno
• Dobre Dobre by Laurel Kratochvila
• The Silver Palate Cookbook by Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso
• Tartine Bread by Chad Robertson
• Mochitsuki by Kristen Morita
• Small Victories by Julia Turshen
• Le Sud by Rebekah Peppler
• Islas by Von Diaz
• The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum
• Tenderheart by Hetty McKinnon
• Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
• Will This Make You Happy by Tanya Bush