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I started writing Table of Gods in June 2019. In November 2022, I launched this site and have posted about my monthly progress since.

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I will start pre-selling Table of Gods in 2025.

Praise for Table of Gods . After writing for almost six years, I completed the manuscript for Table of Gods in December 2024.* In...

Design, Design, Design . Over the years, I’ve looked at more book covers than I can count. I’ve ordered dozens of art books to study the...

Praise from beta readers . In mid-December, I sent parts of the manuscript to over 300 beta readers. Reading through their feedback has...

Signed with a designer. Since 2020, I’ve worked with two designers. Both of whom I ended the partnership with. Not because they weren’t...

Book launch in The British Museum? In mid-October I went to the British Museum for two reasons. 1. I wanted to show my five-year-old...

Received the manuscript. Last week, my story editor sent back my manuscript with hundreds of suggestions. I was terrified at first but...

Design Hunt. I’ve been working on Table of Gods since 2019. Together with my family, scholars, photographers, food stylists, editors,...

I’m Done with the Manuscript. After writing almost daily for five years, I’ve now completed the manuscript. It’s a huge storytelling...

Scholars Reviewing My Work. From the left, Dr. Brad Hafford, Dr. Salvatore Gaspa, and Dr. Simo Parpola. Table of Gods is not an academic...

Pausing Social Media and YouTube. In early May, I began feeling stressed. Partly due to my self-imposed deadlines to complete the book in...

284 Recipe Testers From All Over the World. Just like many other things in this project, I had no experience with recipe testers. I...

Last Chance to Be a Recipe Tester. After five years of researching, cooking, and editing, the recipes in Table of Gods are done. To make...