TERESI FAMILY COOKBOOK

• cookbook.pdf (November 2025)

HOW TO

$ make                     # cookbook.pdf
$ make book                # book.pdf (mockup)
$ make help                # usage
$ make install             # install packages from CTAN (tlmgr)
$ make submodules          # download submodules (git)
$ less recipe_snippet.tex  # example recipe

DESIGN

• top level input: cookbook.tex
  • recipes in ./src/*
  • class definition: family_cookbook.cls
• print on a standard printer
  • black and white
  • 5.5 x 8.5" trim
  • 2-page imposition (folio)
• long term project
  • simple graphics
  • space for notes in margin

DEPENDENCIES

Basic dependencies:

bash make perl coreutils latexmk
git git-lfs curl wget
imagemagick                  # image processing
ghostcript                   # pdf compression

Tested on TeX Live 2024, see https://www.tug.org/texlive/.

make install -C texlive      # installs texlive, scheme-basic
source ~/.bashrc             # update your PATH
tlmgr init-usertree          # initialize directories
make install                 # install packages from CTAN

CONTRIBUTING

1. create blank recipe using the snippet
   • $ cp recipe_snippet.tex <category>/<recipe_title>.tex
2. add the new recipe to the main file
   • find your chapter in cookbook.tex, e.g. \section{Breakfast}
   • add the new recipe using \input{} to said section
     • \include{./breakfasts/eggscellent_challenge} % your new filename (no extension)
3. update snippet w/ your recipe, compile

TODO

• simplify folder structure
• organize drinks into sub sections
• add imposition for printing
• add book output for printing
• find a good resolution for printing
• find a way to reduce size of LaTeX dependencies
• refactor frontispiece / title graphics, commit images somewhere
• reduce requirements list
• upgrade from nicefrac to xfrac
• warning on minitoc: you have used minitoc but not tableofcontents
• fleshout index by ingredient or keywords etc.
• move family_cookbook.cls to another repo
• remove texlive installer
• add license
• cleanup perl / cpan script, add to makefile
• try using \includepdf for imposition instead of perl to reduce dependencies
• add front matter according to the novel package docs?
• fix spacing for 1 col ingredients (before/after)