Updated and expanded! The authoritative guide to conceiving and launching your own home-based food business - from idea to recipe to final product. Follow your dream to launch a food business from your home and join the booming movement of food entrepreneurs. Fully updated and expanded, Homemade for Sale, Second Edition is the authoritative guide to launching a successful food enterprise from your kitchen. It covers everything you need to get cooking for your customers, providing a clear road map to go from ideas and recipes to owning a food business. Contents includes: - Product development and testing - Understanding state cottage food and food freedom laws and advocacy - Independently tested recipes for non-hazardous food products, including frostings - Marketing and developing your niche - Step-by-step guides for packaging, labeling, and creating displays - Structuring and running your business while planning for the future - Bookkeeping and financial management - Managing liability, risk, and government regulations - Avoiding burnout through self-care and time management - Profiles of successful food entrepreneurs. More people than ever are demanding real food made with real ingredients by real people, and you have the freedom to earn by starting a food business from home. No capital needed, just good recipes and enthusiasm, plus enough business know-how found in the pages of Homemade for Sale to be a success. Everything else is probably already in your kitchen. Best of all, you can start right now!

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