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Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 4:39PM When you're on a swing, without a push start from the ground, you begin pumping your legs to get the thing moving. Leaning far back to move the swing forward, and then bending the knees back trying to generate some momentum. At first it feels like you're going nowhere, that people are watching you laboriously thrust yourself back and forth, barely off the ground. Awkward as it is, you are moving, you are gaining energy. We started this cookbook nearly two years ago, and in just a couple weeks it will be out in the world. It started with lots of work and food and research and mistakes and emails and more food - the pumping of our legs. With a blog, you get a response almost immediately, but you have to sit on a book for awhile before it generates feedback. That time that we've been sitting with it has made me anxious, so I'm thrilled to set it loose. We are no longer flailing our legs to get off the ground, we're moving, really swinging, on this ride of writing a cookbook. I have a big stack in our office for family and friends, copies are in the mail to my recipe testers, and there are a number on the desks of media folks. This is the part where you just allow the momentum to take you. And even if it's been years since you've found yourself on a swing, you know that feeling - once the cadence takes over, the woosh of speed, the moment of weightlessness, arcing back again - and the freedom of giving in.
Below is our homemade promo video. We improvised some material and Hugh did a fabulous job of teaching himself how to shoot and edit, if I do say so myself. It's so "us," incapable of taking ourselves too seriously, and it makes me happy.
Ten Speed Press also put together a great sampler of a few of the recipes from the book so you can get a taste of what's inside.
Reader Comments (119)
I am SO PUMPED for that GIANT salad and sides section (and the whole book in general). Whoop!
This video made me smile so big. I'm thrilled for you both and cannot wait to get my copy! Carrot date muffins here I come!
congrats! it was nice seeing you guys come to live in that video.. good job on the editing. x
you guys are adorable! i am BEYOND excited to support you and cook from this no-doubt gorgeous book. thank you fo sharing your passion and talents with the world!
I'm excited for this to come to my local independent book store! I follow your blog (without "following" your blog) because I have a hard time with veggies and you have great new creative ideas that make veggies appear appetizing to a reluctant veggie eater. The photos are a BIG DEAL in cookbooks for me and I'm thrilled to check out your latest efforts. Thanks for the video too.
I have never been more excited for a cookbook! Congratulations! Fantastic video.
Well I'm psyched for your book, the pictures and recipes look fabulous :)
Yay cookbook! Good for you, & congratulations!
LOVE this taste of what's to come!! It feels so personal, evoking real emotion while being ridiculously adorable.
I'm so excited to see your personal little explanations accompanying the recipes in the cookbook. Can't wait for my own copy to arrive!
This is so great. I love the video! The "non-seriousness" of it makes it awesome! Can't wait to check out your new book.
How exciting! That is a great video and I am sure your cookbook will be even better! Love your top.
You are both so charming and cute. I just loved watching your video and seeing you interact "in person". It's clear how much love and beauty is in this book! I'm ordering a copy for myself a several more for friends. I'm sure you will both have a few busy weeks to come! Enjoy.
I just became aware of the blog a few weeks ago and am already a HUGE fan and have preordered the book. I'm a very busy working mom (to a toddler and two fur faces) with a hungry man who views our basket of CSA goodies every two weeks with the utmost suspicion. Your recipes are fresh and tasty and best of all - SIMPLE! Thank you and congrats on the book - I can't wait to get it!
Precious! This is on my wish list.
I have never been more excited about a cookbook in my life. I've already pre-ordered it :) So excited to see all of the wonderful photos and test out all of the recipes :) Congrats!!!
Sara. The swing metaphor pulled me in immediately, but the cookbook preview? Wow. I cannot believe you two did this in just two years. So proud of you and thrilled to watch the swing, swing, swinging continue!
Hooray!!! I'm so excited for the cookbook's release! Everything about this blog - and I'm sure it extends to the book - is heartfelt, beautiful, and fun. Best of luck as you keep swinging (awesome metaphor, by the way)!
I'm so excited for you guys! Your book looks beautiful and I went ahead and pre-ordered it too. I just couldn't stand being without it : )
Looking forward to all of what's inside!
SO excited, and I'll be among those first in line! CONGRATULATIONS!!! You so deserve it!
So excited for the book! I even marked it on my calender! I had to scan past the table of contents really fast because I kind of want it to be a surprise when I get the book in my hands and sit down to look at it. I'll have nearly every page dog-eared for sure. Congrats to the both of you!
I love the video. The feelings about food, the truth of it, the joy of it, and the various colors, textures, and flavors came out in the book via the video. Wonderful job!!
Absolutely love your blog and recipes. The video shows such an endearing love for cooking, your first book, and for each other. The aesthetics and feel are spot on. Hope to try some of the recipes from it soon.
Congrats from an avid reader from Vancouver, Canada! :)
"Just Pears!" You two could make a cookbook entirely about pears and I'm sure I'd want to buy it. Cannot wait to get my hands on Sprouted Kitchen, the book. So excited for you, and for me since I get to cook out of it. !!!! great video!
The video is fantastic! It's great to know what sort of voice to hear in my head when I read your posts. I can imagine you reading them now! :) I have not officially bought my first cookbook yet, nor have I felt a desperate need to until now. The Sprouted Kitchen cookbook is going to be it, without a doubt. I'm so excited!
YAY!! i'm so excited for your book! i started reading this blog just a couple months after you started it. at the time i was recovering from some health issues, and i wanted to learn how to cook better and more plant based with whole grains and all that good stuff. i read loads of other blogs and books but, i didn't find the same inspiration i got from The Sprouted Kitchen. It really taught and motivated me to cook healthy delicious meals, and i learned how to feed my body right. You and Hugh have really turned me into a foodie, i love your recipes, and i riff off of them al the time when cooking at home. Thank you, and i cannot wait to get my copy of your new book!!
Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeriously pumped for your BOOK. Congratulations!!
I literallly got chills as I was watching the video. I absolutely LOVE it! So much. Seriously, great job Hugh and great job to you for the recipes! You guys make a wonderful duo. It's going on my wish list for sure!
Great video - Can't wait for your cookbook! Congrats!
Bah! This is awesome! P.S. - don't tell me that's your kitchen. We got screwed in DP North! ;)
The Asian tacos! I tested that recipe! I'm so proud! Not of me, of you! Huge congrats to you guys. I hope we can connect in California. It's about time we met.
this is adorable!! you guys are too dang cute :). and i can't wait for the cookbook.
so excited to cook from your book. looks wonderful. congrats sara and hugh!
Sara-you and Hugh are so cute! I adore your video almost as much as I am sure I will adore your cookbook. Reading your blog over the last 2 years has been an exceptionally scrumptious time and I can't wait to see what you and Hugh have in store for all of us in your new book. I hope you are so proud of this amazing accomplishment!
That's an adorable video of you two :)
Congrats on the book and I can't wait to get a copy!
Thank you so much for sharing! I've been following you guys for a while and was so excited to see you were coming out with a cookbook but letting us into your lives makes it that much more special. Looking forward to seeing the beautiful book!
SO so cute! I absolutely love this, and can't wait for the book.
hugh - outstanding job on the video. i really like the background music you picked. do you have a favourite site you use to find music like this? can you share?
I loved your video - really silly and fun and the food looks great. I have your cookbook on pre-order with Amazon in the UK and can't wait for it to arrive. Happy cooking
The cook book looks amazing - I've only recently found your site and love your flavoursome, healthy recipes. I've just printed the sample and plan on making those tacos this weekend - they look fantastic! Congratulations - your book is on my Christmas list!
Thank you for the sneak peek! And as I've said earlier already: your cookbook trailer is beyond amazing! Can't believe it (too) is self-made. You two are an awesome couple - one behind the stove and the other behing the camera. I'm so very excited for the book to come out.
I send you all my love all the way from Finland to sunny California,
Sini
Thanks so much for the d/l - the book looks amazing. Well done!
That video is seriously gorgeous. Hugh's food photography is my all-time favourite in the cooking world.
I just started cooking this year ( my husband is an excellent cook and I was intimidated). Your recipes give me inspiration every week, and have helped me gain confidence in the kitchen. I know your cookbook will be open in my kitchen everyday, instead of on the bookshelf collecting dust because the recipes are so practical yet wonderful. I am counting down the days until you are in SF! Also, where did you get those beautiful bowls?
What a sweet & real video! How exciting and I can't wait to get my hands on a copy.
gorgeous . i think you should start doing video posts on the blog. and i really want to go and do that taco now.
and scale game with the cutting board was funny.
I'm so excited for this!! and that asian tofu taco recipe looks delicious!!
love. love this entry, love the video, love the sneak preview, and can't wait to love my copy and the recipes it contains. congratulations - so happy for you both!
I have had this book on my "wish list" ever since I stumbled onto this site a few months ago. Can't wait to have it in my library! Love your Blog and the photography is beautiful.
I'm so excited! I have a collection of fine cookbooks but I have a feeling this one will come off the shelf more than the others! Thank you so much for the recipes and the cookbook! Keep cooking yummy food!!!