The best cookbook book editing services

Ray

Northampton, United States

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Developmental editing and copy editing for the nonfiction world: health, nutrition, fitness, tech, and entrepreneurship.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Health & Wellbeing, Sports & Outdoors, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Business & Management, Computers & Internet, and Technology.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Winning Edits
• Rocket Code
• Amazon Services (Amazon.com)
• Smart Passive Income
• Buy Box Experts
• The Storied Future

Perrin

Chicago, IL, United States

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Cookbooks are my specialty—books I have edited have won or been finalists for James Beard, IACP, and Gourmand awards.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Health & Wellbeing, Home & Garden, Economics, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

• Agate Publishing
• Self-employed

Marah

Washington, DC, United States

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Incisive editor and collaborative, results-oriented project manager of health, food, and lifestyle books

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
• Scribner

Katie

New Haven, United States

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I'm a versatile, seasoned editor who can edit in a variety of genres, from outdoor adventure to family-friendly topics and nature to DIY.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, DIY & Crafts, Health & Wellbeing, Nature, Sports & Outdoors, and Parenting & Families.

Work experience:

• Globe Pequot Press (FalconGuides)
• Globe Pequot
• Taunton Press

Nell

Jacksonville, FL, United States

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From bestselling business titles and cookbooks to academic manuscripts, I've helped authors polish their prose for more than 15 years.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, and Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits.

Work experience:

• Callisto Media
• The American University in Cairo Press
• Millionacres and The Motley Fool
• Bankrate

Adaobi

Bronx, NY, United States

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I offer services in proofreading and copyediting for all genres, developmental editing of nonfiction, and project management.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Computers & Internet, Technology, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits.

Work experience:

• John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Manuscript Coordinator
• Self-employed
• Hachette Book Group
• McGraw-Hill Education
• Apress
• Project Lead The Way

Melanie

New York, NY, USA

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Development editor, writer, and proofreader specializing in general nonfiction, cookbooks, lifestyle, wellness, crafts, and education.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, DIY & Crafts, Home & Garden, Education & Reference, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Health & Wellbeing, and Inspirational.

Work experience:

• Callisto Media
• Macmillan Learning
• Page Street Publishing Company

Sandy

Detroit, MI, USA

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I provide back-of-the-book indexing services for non-fiction titles. My indexes are thorough, accurate, and always on time.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Nature.

Pamela

New York City, NY, USA

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Editing text to strengthen impact is my skill. Creating engaging cohesive culture, history, science, and food narratives are my specialties.

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Design, Fashion & Textiles, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

• Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
• Sterling Publishing Company
• Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc.

Sam

New York, NY, USA

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Professional fresh pair of eyes who has edited 15+ prescriptive non-fiction books; big fan of the semicolon.

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Sex & Relationships, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

• Callisto Media
• UrbanDaddy

Loren

New York, NY, USA

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Copy editor, development editor, dramaturg, and sometime writer. 20+ years in adult trade publishing, currently at Penguin Random House.

Genres: Anthologies, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Plays & Screenplays, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Writing & Publishing, and Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits.

Work experience:

• Penguin Random House
• Self

Jeremy

Lancaster, PA, USA

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Editor of how-tos, eco gardening, & reference books. Proofreader of books by Penguin Random House.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, DIY & Crafts, Non-Fiction, Children's, Agriculture, Biographies & Memoirs, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Home & Garden, and Nature.

Work experience:

• North Market Street Graphics
• Fox Chapel Publishing
• Carl Bloom Associates
• Cider Mill Press

Alison

Rowley, MA, USA

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I'm a talented manuscript editor who has worked on thousands of trade titles for adults and children, including high-profile authors.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Coming of Age, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Middle Grade, Children's, History, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Houghton Mifflin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Mari

Good Thunder, MN, USA

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Writer and editor with 15 years of experience in ed pub, with specializations in recipe/project books and graphic novels.

Genres: Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Comics Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, DIY & Crafts, Historical Fiction, Entertainment, Picture Books, and Children's.

Work experience:

• Capstone Publishing
• Book Buddy Media

Bailey

Chicago, IL, USA

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Developmental editor of narrative nonfiction and literary fiction with experience at Hachette, Melville House, and SAGE.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Story, Women's Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Lara

Branford, CT, USA

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25+ years experience in memoir, health, self-help/psychology, spirituality, and more. I believe books can empower people and change lives.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Health & Wellbeing, Parenting & Families, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Religion & Spirituality, and Sex & Relationships.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Globe Pequot Press
• Spier New York Advertising Agency
• St. Martin's Press
• Golden Books Family Entertainment

Jenni

New York, NY, USA

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I am a long time literary agent, currently at Aevitas, and a non-practicing published writer of fiction and essays, with an MFA in Fiction.

Genres: Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Story, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Women's Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

• Aevitas
• Union Literary