Kate Downham

Saralee Couchoud wrote:Kickstarter exclusives

Thank you. I agree that they look better. I've switched those around now.

Not long to go now!

I'm going to draft up some threads for the earlybird bundle and for the Kickstarter itself.

It’s really good added to cheese too. Put a small amount in mild cheeses like gouda while you’re making it, or serve the cheese with some caraway.

There’s also a couple of recipes I make from the River Cottage veg book that use caraway interchangeably with fennel or cumin seeds. One of them is spiced chickpeas that have smoked paprika, caraway, and a few other spices, another one is a feta and spinach pie and it goes surprisingly well in that. I think he also has a recipe for caraway shortbread somewhere too.

I also found a recipe saved on my computer for a Mongolian mutton dumpling recipe that uses caraway as the main spice.

I really like adding it to soups and stews.

1 week until launch day!!!

For the super supporter images I’ve put “your name in the book” on them. Does “kickstarter exclusives” written on it sound more appealing? Or a just a picture of the book with sparkly stars around it? Two options are attached below. I don’t have any sparkly star stuff on the computer so would have to find something online for that.

P.S. does anyone want a special kickback link to share on social media?

Saralee Couchoud wrote:You can count on me at the $72 level. I would do the $90 level but that changes my book from hard cover to paper back and I already have the cheese book

I'll be offering my other books as add-ons, so if you just want the cookbook and the sourdough book, it will be easy to set that up - the add ons screen will pop up once you've chosen your reward level. I don't think it shows up in preview mode though.



Is anyone else having trouble seeing the images of rewards? I got a comment on Kickstarter saying the images are showing up as whirling things rather than as 3d mockups of the ebook, paperback, and so on.

Kickstarter have now verified that this is all ready to go! The Sourdough Without Fail Kickstarter will begin on the 7th of October, 3pm mountain time!

Here's the link to the preview, if you want to see the exciting 3d reward images and pick up on any errors or things I could fix before it goes live: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/katedownham/sourdough-without-fail?ref=8ow4dc&token=55a95884

I’m planning to launch the Kickstarter for my sourdough baking book in October!

Here's the first two paragraphs of the Kickstarter:

Anyone can make great sourdough bread. Whether you’re in the middle of a city, or growing your own grain on a homestead, you can make great bread in your home kitchen.

Most baking books show how to make bread in ideal conditions, often with strict timelines, expensive gadgets, hard-to-find ingredients, and waste. Sourdough Without Fail: 100% Wholegrain Bread, Pizza, and Pastries for any Kitchen breaks the boundaries of sourdough baking, showing you how to work with what you have to make great bread in all conditions.

I've set up a pre-launch page with some photos and more information about the book, where you can click 'notify me on launch' if you'd like Kickstarter to email you as soon as it's live: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/katedownham/sourdough-without-fail?ref=aulp1k

I’m keen to get some feedback on a couple of things before I do this:

• Do you find the title, cover, and the focus of the book appealing?

• Will you be backing the Kickstarter?

• Do you have any other feedback or questions about the Kickstarter or the book?

• It’s not too late to tinker with the cover or the Kickstarter image. I am thinking of putting a 3d mockup of the book on the image instead of the 2d cover as it currently is. Can the cover or the image be improved in any way?

• Do you have any ideas for what to include in the earlybird bundle? Are there any small ebooks of mine you would like to see? Or anything that someone else has made that might be a good fit for this?

• Any ideas for how to make this a really great Kickstarter?

Looks like this one is the current favourite... Does anyone have any more feedback to offer before I finalise it?

Gilly Burke wrote:Forgot to ask, can some bread recipes be baked ok in a slow cooker? I realise temperature may not be high enough for some - if not all- breads. I have an old electric one and an off grid one. This is the off grid one:

https://mrdscookware.com/product-category/thermal-cookers

I don't think it would be hot enough to get a decent crust on bread, but you could still maybe do rolls, cakes, and pies, and possibly the sandwich bread recipe that has lots of butter and milk. The instructions in the book are for typical oven temperatures, so you'd need to allow more time too.

I made a video yesterday for the Kickstarter. Some guinea fowl made an appearance.

The Kickstarter is now ready to preview - cover images not what they will be, and the reward images are not ready, but the text is done (I think), please let me know if there are any errors, or if there's anything else I could add to make this really good.

I might put some quotes from recipe testers in it too.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/katedownham/sourdough-without-fail?ref=8ow4dc&token=55a95884

Reward prices are only showing in Australian dollars at the moment I think - 1 AUD = around 65 us cents.