Frequently asked questions
Do Chammach: where and how
How does Do Chammach work?
How do you document the recipes?
My mother/ grandmother lives outside Mumbai, can you still cover her?
How long will it take you to complete my family's book?
Do I have say in how the book looks and reads?
Yes, absolutely.
Can you also document the stories and family anecdotes my mother shares with you during cooking?
Print and design
How many copies can I get printed?
The numbers of printed copies depends entirely on you. Please contact us with your specific requirement.
Can we get a soft copy of the book along with the printed books?
Can you customise the design to our specifications?
Is the cover of the book customizable?
Will the book be a hard bound book or have a soft cover? Is there an option for spiral bound book?
Can I have illustrations in my book in my book instead of photographs?
What if we need extra copies of the book on completion of the project?
Cooking sessions
Where does the cooking take place?
Who buys all the ingredients required for the cooking process? Who arranges for all the cooking utensils etc?
What if we can not cook all the recipes planned for that day and need an extra day to cover all the recipes planned?
Pricing
How much do you charge for a project?
Do you offer a discount for 2 or more projects commissioned by the same family?
Photography
Will you provide the serveware and table accessories for the food photographs?
No, we will be bringing the equipment required for photography but serveware and table accessories used will be your own.
Do we get to approve of the photographs of the food?
Will you take pictures of my Mother while cooking with her?
Will every recipe have a photo?
Recipes
What kind of recipes do you cover?
Any recipe your family deems important enough to document can be covered by us - from pickles to laddus.
I only want to document a few recipes, I don't have enough for a whole book. Can you still cover my family?
We can cover as few as 10 recipes. Contact us and we'll get in touch!
My mother makes different versions of the same dish. Do you also capture variations?
Do you also test the recipes independently?
Do Chammach does not test recipes independently. We document while you cook and record recipes diligently. In case you require us to cook the recipes again to test them, please specify your requirements when you engage us.
Intellectual property
Can you sell our family book to a publisher without our approval?