This Saint Cloud Times report was about my beautiful daughter, who recently developed and published herown cookbook. You can find the article here.. http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080322/LIFE/103220012Below is the article...
ST. JOSEPH — Candyce Thompson created almost 100 original recipes for her new cookbook, “Candyce B’s Cookbook.”
The eighth-grader tested every recipe. She scoured stores for colorful dishes and took photographs of every recipe. Now, after almost two years of work, Thompson is looking to promote the book everywhere from her neighborhood to (hopefully) national food television shows.
Not bad for a 13-year-old busy with classes at Mississippi Heights Middle School.
“She has a talent for it,” said Thompson’s mother, Renee Symanietz of St. Joseph. “That is her love.”
The family self-published 500 cookbooks, Symanietz said.
Thompson will sell the books to raise money for a summer trip to Australia and New Zealand. She hopes to earn $3,000 for the journey.
Thompson started cooking at age 2 and when she “could stir the cookie dough,” Symanietz said. At 10, she opened a business, Candyce B’s Bakery, specializing in cakes and pies.
She now makes dishes such as chicken Parmesan and fettuccine Alfredo. That’s good news for her mother, who doesn’t cook much.
“I do most of it now,” Thompson said. “I actually enjoy it.”
Soups are among Thompson’s favorites. Her grandmother always asks for her bean-dill soup.
“A lot of people like the dill,” Thompson said. “It’s very good.”
Thompson relied on friends and family to taste test the recipes. Her 17-year-old brother tried many of them. After all, teen boys can eat — a lot.
The aspiring cook has ambitious plans, including opening a five-star restaurant. But she’s starting small, thinking about selling premade cookie dough for her trip and maybe creating a Web site.
Symanietz has another idea.
“I said cookbook No. 2,” she said.
Thompson is open to it.
“I might try another cookbook. It depends on how this (one) sells,” she said.
The eighth-grader tested every recipe. She scoured stores for colorful dishes and took photographs of every recipe. Now, after almost two years of work, Thompson is looking to promote the book everywhere from her neighborhood to (hopefully) national food television shows.
Not bad for a 13-year-old busy with classes at Mississippi Heights Middle School.
“She has a talent for it,” said Thompson’s mother, Renee Symanietz of St. Joseph. “That is her love.”
The family self-published 500 cookbooks, Symanietz said.
Thompson will sell the books to raise money for a summer trip to Australia and New Zealand. She hopes to earn $3,000 for the journey.
Thompson started cooking at age 2 and when she “could stir the cookie dough,” Symanietz said. At 10, she opened a business, Candyce B’s Bakery, specializing in cakes and pies.
She now makes dishes such as chicken Parmesan and fettuccine Alfredo. That’s good news for her mother, who doesn’t cook much.
“I do most of it now,” Thompson said. “I actually enjoy it.”
Soups are among Thompson’s favorites. Her grandmother always asks for her bean-dill soup.
“A lot of people like the dill,” Thompson said. “It’s very good.”
Thompson relied on friends and family to taste test the recipes. Her 17-year-old brother tried many of them. After all, teen boys can eat — a lot.
The aspiring cook has ambitious plans, including opening a five-star restaurant. But she’s starting small, thinking about selling premade cookie dough for her trip and maybe creating a Web site.
Symanietz has another idea.
“I said cookbook No. 2,” she said.
Thompson is open to it.
“I might try another cookbook. It depends on how this (one) sells,” she said.
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