Progress Blog
I started writing Table of Gods in June 2019. After launching this website in November 2022, I shared my progress each month until the book was printed in September 2026. If you're curious about how it all came together, follow the journey below.
This is my last progress update. It’s both sad and joyful. Sad because the past seven years have been the best of my life. Joyful because I created Table of Gods to share it with you. Table of Gods...
Signed with Kickstarter. One of the great milestones in June was signing with Kickstarter as our exclusive partner for the pre-order campaign. To pre-order your copy of Table of Gods, you’ll need a...
2.5 months left to pre-order. My feelings over the last few weeks have alternated between joy, shock, euphoria, panic, excitement, stress, belief, disbelief, hope, despair—okay, I think you get the...
3 Months Left to Launch. I remember reading this quote by Kevin Kelly a few years ago: “When you have 90% of a large project completed, finishing the final details will take another 90%.” But there...
4 Months Left to Launch. I’ve now spent six years and nine months working on Table of Gods: a cookbook inspired by the world’s oldest recipes written on clay tablets 4,000 years ago. As the book ne...
5 Months Left to Launch. After almost seven years of writing, researching, cooking, and creating a new type of paper, I’m nearing completion of Table of Gods. Last month, I revealed that pre-order...
Revealing the Launch. I’ve now spent 2,414 days working on Table of Gods—a cookbook inspired by the world’s oldest recipes written on clay tablets 4,000 years ago. I’m finally ready to announce the...
Highlights from 2025. I’ve now spent 6.5 years working on Table of Gods—a cookbook inspired by the world’s oldest recipes written on clay tablets 4,000 years ago. This December has been busy with a...
Visiting printers and paper mills in Italy. In mid-October I decided to visit the Frankfurt Book Fair to see what it was all about. After all, it’s the world’s largest book fair, and I’m writing a ...
Always judge a book by its cover. A while back, my mom invited us for dinner. I live one minute away from her (yes, that’s by design) so dinner invitations happen more often than not. Since I have ...
Photoshoot. Our first photoshoot was in June 2021, back when we only had about 30 recipes in the book. Over the years, we’ve more than doubled the number of recipes, which led to another photoshoot...
Recreating ancient recipes. I want to take you behind the scenes of how we’ve recreated 68 Mesopotamian recipes for Table of Gods—and also give you a chance to be a recipe tester for any of the thr...
Current status. A few days ago, my uncle invited my family to his villa in the countryside, two hours from Stockholm. They have a backyard and a pool, so my city kids love going there. As always at...
22 June 2019 at 23:39. My wife and newborn son were asleep. I was lying on the couch in the living room. Neck bent 90 degrees. Laptop on my chest. I was browsing books online when a title suddenly ...
Nobel chef cooks from Table of Gods. Fredrik Eriksson is the gastronomic advisor to the Nobel banquet at Stockholm City Hall and one of Sweden’s most celebrated chefs. On May 22, Fredrik served Ass...
Building my own printing factory. In early April I started sourcing the best book printers in the world. My initial list was large but I filtered it down to 13 printers who focus on art books and w...
Mentioned on Tasting History. Some of you have recently joined the waitlist after watching Max Miller’s episode on Mersu, history’s oldest dessert. I had the honor to help Max—whose YouTube channel...
Praise for Table of Gods. After writing for almost six years, I completed the manuscript for Table of Gods in December 2024.* In January, I sent it to a dozen Assyriologists and culinary historians...
