Rustic Family Cookbook Design

My 145-page manuscript—about 120 pages of recipes plus a 25-page family preamble—is ready for its final polish and layout. I need an experienced cookbook designer-editor to:

• Proofread and copy-edit the entire text for flow, consistency, and light style issues while preserving my voice
• Organise the recipes by cuisine type (the structure is already sketched)
• Curate and place photos from my large food-shot library, adding images only to key recipes so each section feels inviting without becoming crowded
• Create a warm, rustic, home-kitchen look through typography, colour palette, and subtle graphic accents
• Design an attractive cover that complements the interior style
• Deliver press-ready files for a standard hardcover format, including spine calculations, bleed settings, and any printer templates I must supply to the press

The manuscript is currently in Word; the images are high-resolution JPEGs. Final files should be supplied as packaged InDesign (or equivalent) plus a ready-to-upload PDF and an RGB PDF for online previews.

Please share a brief note on similar cookbooks or print projects you have taken from raw copy to finished pages, mentioning the software you prefer and any printers you have worked with. I look forward to handing this off and seeing the book come to life.