⏰  🎉 Happy New Year!!! 🥳 🗓

tl;dr, the print runs have been ordered!!! 🖨 🎉 📚 🥘

In long, the Standard Edition has been fully accepted for the initial print run, and is going to print now! ♥️  The Master Edition's interior has been accepted; we're still working out the exterior details and add ons before the order can go to print, it should be good to go any day now! 🏆 Both have their ISBN's 📈, both interiors are finalized 📝 , all unlocked bonuses have been added 💌 , the beautiful watercolor signature page has been added to both 🖼 , and I can't wait to show you all! 💜  As the Master Editions go into processing, I will have a better timeline, but 8 to 10 weeks, for the printing/shipping to me, for a luxury book appears to be standard. I'll let you know as soon as I know! 🖨  🎉 Near the bottom of this update, I'll include a sneak peak into the Master Recipes!

🔥📖  Cookbook Edition Stats 📈⚡️

Now that everything is finalized, I have more concrete facts and figures for you about the books!

Standard Edition: ⚔️

📜 195 Recipes, 332 Pages, 14 chapters!

📚 Spine Width = 0.75 inches thick (1.905 cm), 8" x 10" cookbook (20.32 x 25.4 cm)

💪 Weight = 1.986 pounds (.90 kg)

Master Edition: 👑

📜 200 Recipes (technically 202, but who's counting), 348 Pages, 15 chapters!

📚 Spine Width = 1.5366 inches thicc (3.903 cm) 🍑, 8" x 10" cookbook (20.32 x 25.4 cm)

💪 Weight = ~3 pounds (1.36 kg) This is an educated minimum guess! Because of the add ons, I won't have the actual final weight until they are printed! Apparently this cookbook is a pioneer, it's the first at this print company to have all of these add ons at once! Exciting!! 😃 It's also why it's taking a bit longer to finalize the exterior unfortunately, but it'll be worth it in the end! 👊

Master Backers!

Hi!! ♥️ I'm Aimee, and first, you might be wondering why the Master Edition is actually TWICE the thickness of the Standard Edition. WELL. As part of your unlocking of the 👑 Royal Master Edition Print Run 👑 , (Faux Leather Bound Hardcovers! Gilded Page Edging! 80 lb paper 📜! Gold foil stamping 🏆! Embossing ⚒! Rounded spines 📚! 3 sewn in ribbon bookmarks 🔖! Gold Foil Stamped Sequential Numbering!), you unlocked 80 lb paper!

Welp, I got samples. And while the 80 lb paper was nice.... 📝

.....the 105 lb paper was luxury. 📜 With the help of our 4 Champion Backers, who each donated $1000 to the campaign, I've upgraded every Master Edition to the 105 lb paper. 🥳 Without, each book would have been 1.15" (3 cm, which would still have been great!), but I know you all deserve luxury for your patience and kindness throughout this process. 🙏 Thank you and Happy New Year!!! ♥️

Second! I just wanted to give you a sneak peak into The Master Chapter! Below, I'm including the names and descriptions of all 5 Master Recipes (7?) below to tantalize you! (Power, Courage, Wisdom, Ancient, Time!)

(If you want the Master Recipes to be a surprise, STOP READING)

THE MASTER CHAPTER  🏆

If this cookbook was a video game, this chapter would be the final boss. The Master Recipes are leveled up, maximum difficulty, and require a Master’s level of both expertise and dedication. The recipes in this chapter are exclusive to the Master Editions; all are challenging to create and supremely satisfying.

The Recipes of Power: 🔥

Beef Romani and Beet Romani 🥖 🍷

Din is the Goddess of Power, of fire and red. Slice into this Beef or Beet Romani with wine red sauce, still hot from the fires of the oven, and find your inner strength!

Inspired by beef wellingtons, or filet de bœuf en croûte! These juicy, perfectly cooked filets mignons or beet roots are wrapped in prosciutto or spinach with Rushroom and shallot duxcelles, baked to a golden finish inside brioche puff pastries.

The Recipes of Courage: 🗡 🛡

Hero Bourguignon and Champion Bourguignon 🥘

A champion needs courage! With an armful of Hateno Beef or Sunshrooms, Swift Carrots, and Hyrule Herbs, you can make a savory recovery stew that is sure to get you back in the fight.

Hearty stews made with fresh Sunshrooms or Hateno Beef, Swift Carrots, and a bouquet garni of Hyrule Herbs, all braised to thick and savory perfection in burgundy red wine.

The Recipe of Wisdom: 👸

Ratatouille Nayru 🍅

Nayru, the goddess of wisdom, inspired this recipe. It combines patience with a diversity of flavors, and unites ingredients from around the world.

Flavors from all over the globe join in this modern and cross cultural vegetable dish. A pipérade of French grown South American Espelette peppers, spices, garlic, and tomato lay beneath a blanket of thinly sliced zucchini, yellow squash, and Japanese eggplant. This dish is slow roasted for hours for a deliciously caramelized and colorful entrée.

The Recipe of the Ancients: 🦴

Zonai Xocoatl 🍫  ☕️

The Zonai are an ancient barbarian tribe of pre-Hyrulian people. Evidence of their existence lies scattered across Hyrule, and their architecture and engravings remind me distinctly of the Mexihca and their Aztec Empire. This prehistoric hot chocolate recipe links the two.

This ancient Mexihcah hot cocoa recipe grinds Mexican cocoa beans, chili peppers, cinnamon sticks and vanilla beans together for a decadent and spicy hot chocolate.

The Master Recipe of Time: ⏳

Prinsesstårta Trifecta 🎂

Time and the Triforce are linked. This is intended to be a traditional New Year’s Eve dessert, make it each year to link your memories together through time.

Miniature Swedish sponge cakes, filled with a trifecta of fresh strawberry jam, coconut whip cream, and vanilla custard, all topped with a smooth layer of sweet pink marzipan.

I can't wait to share all of this with you! 😊 😭

The next couple months will be me focusing on preparing for fulfillment- getting all those boxes, labels, leather bookmarks, certificates, and everything else ready (I have lists of lists) for when the books arrive, so I can turn 2000+ books around to you quickly! 📦 🚚

Hopefully from now on I will have more free time! I'd love to pick back up live streaming, if you're interested in a 'cook with me' to try out some recipes, keep you company and feed you while you wait for the cookbook! I've also been on video game withdrawal for almost 5 months now, and I can't wait to play video games again! :D  🎮

Now I'm rambling, so I'll leave you to it. I hope we can all make 2020 a year worth having, one day at a time. Hang in there! I care about you! Take care of yourselves, even if it's not always fun! ♥️

Aimee ♥♥♥♥♥

(Okay one last sappy thing if you're still here. This time last year, I made a new year's resolution to finish my cookbook. I realize most new year's resolutions don't pan out, and mine certainly wouldn't have without all of you. Thank you so gosh darn much.) ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥