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Pp here. Frankly it isn't about getting rich. [b]I want to get full credit[/b] for the recipes that I've taken time to create. I don't see what's so wrong with that. I don't expect to get rich off of anything. I probably should've gone to culinary school to be a chef because I'm that serious about food. It's art to make something from scratch into a scrumptious and beautiful dish that people enjoy. [/quote]

Why? Is this the main thing in your life you're proud of? Do people not deserve to eat something they like unless they're aware of the food's lineage? When you serve it, do you give credit for everyone whose work contributed to it? "Well, I had something like this at Restaurant X in Cambridge, and then I saw something similar in the New York Times, only without the pecans, and then I remembered Shirley Corriher talking about the difference blanching makes . . . "

No cook is an island.[/quote]

No, I'm proud of many things, as I mentioned before, just because someone withholds a recipe it doesn't mean that their self worth is tied up in it or that it is their biggest accomplishment. I would say passing the bar is mine, but that doesn't prohibit me from being tight handed with my favorite cookie recipe or my best pie. Restaurants do this all of the time. Who creates those dishes, people do. [/quote]

You're not a restaurant or a chef, you're an attorney who, at best, is going to end up self-publishing a cookbook, an item for which there is a shrinking market because anyone can go online and get a recipe for anything.  Unless you're an established household name or the only person in a really niche area that serves people who can't navigate Food Network or AllRecipes.com, there is no money in this and publishing would mostly likely be just a vanity expense.  You'd make more money off a food-porn blog like Pioneer Woman.  You're certainly not obligated to share, but, in this day and age, it comes across as a really weird thing to get proprietary.  Food is amazing and fun and taking it so seriously that you think your recipes are a top secret kills the joy in preparing and eating it.[/quote]

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