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.

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