1001 Ways to Make Money If You Dare (152 page)

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948 SET UP A TAILGATE STAND.
Who doesn't love a tailgate party? At the next big high school football game, set up your own stand selling chili, hot dogs, hamburgers, and soft drinks. If you make it a regular thing, word will quickly spread. No matter who wins the match, you'll still be ahead of the game.

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949 SELL YOUR SECRET PASTA SAUCE.
We know, we know. First you have to have a secret sauce. Well, remember that vodka sauce you used at the last potluck? The one all your guests loved? Jazz it up a little, print it out on nice, neat cards with some attractive calligraphy, and see just how much people will pay for it.

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950 CREATE YOUR OWN COOKBOOK.
Once you've got a couple of sauces together along with Grandma's recipe for ginger cookies and Great Aunt Beatrice's special meatloaf, start pulling together a cookbook. Experiment in your kitchen. Ask your friends for ideas. Then put it all together in a book and self-publish fifty copies. Get the word out through your neighbors and see how fast they fly off your shelves.

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951 OFFER COOKING LESSONS.
Turn your kitchen into a classroom. Print up a nicely worded syllabus with, say, ten lessons — everything from soups to sautéing. Put fliers up around the neighborhood, especially in any local cookware shops. And at the end of the course, have the students cook a dinner for you and your family.

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952 BECOME A PERSONAL CHEF.
Lots of busy people don't have time to cook for themselves, but they've got the money to hire someone to do it for them. Advertise your services. Be sure to include some recommendations from friends and acquaintances who've enjoyed your cooking.

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953 CATER ROMANTIC DINNERS FOR TWO.
Filet mignon. Fresh asparagus with a creamy hollandaise sauce. A fine red wine, and candlelight. You can take care of all the details, and your clients can keep their minds on romance. Just be sure to make yourself scarce as soon as dinner is served and the candles are burning low.

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