Blog #4: Project Log

When I thought about my project for this class, an idea immediately occurred to me. I have a keen interest in food history, so I knew it would be something related to that. Then I considered what I could make that would contribute to what is currently on the internet. I remembered that recently, when researching for an essay, I was frustrated with the fact that there was no single website for canadian cookbook history. So basically, I want to make a website where someone can find information on many cookbooks at once, rather than having to do a google search for every title or author.
So, this is what I've come up with so far: click.
Right now only one cookbook link (under 1825) works, just to be an example. I have added a bit of information under "Browse" and "Links & Bibliography", as a rough draft. The "Research" section will include more quantitative data - perhaps graphs and charts, as well as essay-type information for more scholarly visitors. The "Blog" section would be a more popular media for highlighting interesting recipes, books, tidbits of information, etc. I am also toying with the idea of including a recipe bank, like the one at The Henry Ford.
While I am proud of what I've thought up so far, it is not the scope I intended. On the other hand, at this point I think it might be taking on too much to go any farther. In this case, I think I might present this website as a component of a larger website. For example, the main website might be Canadian Cookbooks Timeline, with various sub-websites named:

• Canadian Cookbooks Timeline

• Pre-1825 Canadian Food History Online

• Early Canadian Cookbooks Timeline (1825 - 1855)

• Late 19th Century Canadian Cookbooks Timeline (1856 - 1900)

• Early 20th Century Canadian Cookbooks Timeline (1900 - 1910)

• Wartime Canadian Cookbooks Timeline (1914 - 1945)

• Modern Canadian Cookbooks Timeline (1946+)

I think breaking up the information into manageable timelines would be necessary in a project with such a large scope. The main website might also have timelines organized by province and by cookbook type (community/fundraising cookbooks, advertising cookbooks, etc.).