Cook Book question
I have been vegan for about a year now (with occasional spills off the wagon...), cooking vegan for two years, and aware of vegan-ism my entire life. I found that most vegan cook books, even ones that claimed to be "easy" were full of weird ingredients. Gradually over time I have come up with a personal little arsenal of delicious, easy, buy-the-ingredients-anywhere recipes that I would have LOVED to have available when I was first flirting with being a vegan. My question is this: I originally got these recipes from others, but over time SERIOUSLY overhauled them, adding, taking away etc. The spirit of the original recipes is there, but the contents are vastly different. At what point do these recipes become mine? If I wanted to publish a cookbook, would I have to track down the originators and ask permission to use the recipes, although mine are radically different at this point? Also, if I wanted to publish a cook book..... how in the world would I get started in the right direction?? Thanks for any insight or input you could share! :)
I'd say if they are radically different than they're yours now, you've personalized them to the point that they're no longer the only original recipes.
I think Quintess could help you with the second question.
My understanding is that ingredients aren't copyrighted, but the directions are. What you'd most have to watch for is that you write your own directions and not use someone else's intellectual property.
There are a bajillion easy vegan recipe books out there. Have you thought about putting the recipes on a blog instead? If you sold advertising spots on it, you could make money that way.
I have a bunch of them, I just disagree with them as to what "easy" means, lol. I think there are others like me. I considered a blog, but whats the point when veg web is already so great? :)