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Editing

While on staff at Reader's Digest and Weight Watchers Publishing Group I specialized in editing and writing cookbooks. At Viking Studio Books my list was more varied. Here's an abbreviated list of some of the books I acquired and edited:

Reader’s Digest Illustrated Reference Books
10,001 Food Facts, Chefs’ Secrets, & Household Hints.

Cooking Smart for a Healthy Heart: Delicious Recipes for Life.

Weight Watchers Publishing Group
Simply the Best Italian: More than 250 Recipes from the Kitchens of Italy (Hungry Minds/IDG Books).

Dieting with the Duchess with Sarah, The Duchess of York (Simon & Schuster).

  • Two weeks on Publishers Weekly Best-seller List.

New Complete Cookbook (Hungry Minds/IDG Books).

  • Nearly 1 million copies in print.

Dining with the Duchess: Making Every Day Meals a Special Occasion with Sarah, The Duchess of York (Simon & Schuster).

  • One week on Publishers Weekly Best-seller List.
  • Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Clubs Selection.
  • Health Book Club Featured Alternate.

Stir-Fry to Szechuan: 100 Classic Chinese Recipes (Hungry Minds/IDG Books).

  • Finalist, 1998 IACP Cookbook Award, Health and Special Diet Category.
  • BOMC/The Good Cook Selection.

Viking Studio Books
The Bountiful Kitchen by Barry Bluestein and Kevin Morrissey.

  • Finalist, 1998 IACP Cookbook Award, Food Reference and Technical Category.
  • BOMC/The Good Cook Selection.

Robin Leach’s Healthy Lifestyles Cookbook: Menus and Recipes from the Rich, Famous, and Fascinating by Robin Leach and Mardee Haidin Regan.

  • First printing of 75,000 copies.
  • Literary Guild Main Selection.

Home Made in the Kitchen: Rediscovering and Reinterpreting the Victorian Household Arts by Barry Bluestein and Kevin Morrissey.

  • Second printing before publication.
  • BOMC/The Good Cook Selection.
  • Better Homes and Gardens Book Club Selection.

An Awakening Spirit: Meditations by Women for Women by Claudia Sargent and Peg Streep.

  • One week on The Chicago Tribune Best-seller List.
  • Winner, 1994 New York Book Show Award, General Trade: Illustrated Category.
  • BOMC Selection.
  • More than 60,000 copies in print.

Spiritual Illuminations: Meditations for Inner Growth by Claudia Sargent and Peg Streep (1992).

  • Winner, 1993 New York Book Show Award, Special Trade Category.
  • BOMC Selection.
  • More than 75,000 copies in print.

The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Cookbook: Recipes and Entertaining Secrets from the Most Fascinating People in the World by Robin Leach (1992).

  • 150,000 copies in print.
  • Literary Guild Main Selection.
 

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