After getting some help from the list, I wrote a post about something
pretty close to what you want here:

http://matt.hackinghistory.ca/2015/07/15/mailing-subtrees-with-attachments/

There's a little more code there than you actually need, but some of it may
be helpful.  Happy to answer questions, too.

mp

On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 11:24 AM, John Kitchin <johnrkitchin@gmail.com>
wrote:

> You probably could use the function here
> https://github.com/jkitchin/jmax/blob/master/email.el#L51 for the email
> part after you find the heading you want to send. I think there is some
> code there to send a pdf too.
>
>
> On August 1, 2015, at 10:49 AM, Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all
> i find that i keep copy pasting food recipes  (which i collect with org
> obviously) to my email client and then sending it over to the phone to use
> in the kitchen (which reminds Me really should get a emacs touch screen for
> the kitchen..though my wife would get a stroke if she sees that
> ;-))..anyway, anyone knows how one (with almost none to zero elisp skills)
> create such a function?
>
> all i need is locate the recipe (header) and then send the header and sub
> headers as text or pdf to my email
>
> best!
>
> Z
>
>