Family Recipe Keepsake Books

Some of a family’s best memories aren’t in a photo album. They’re in a recipe box, stained with butter and vanilla and written in the handwriting of someone you miss.

Let us turn those recipe cards into a beautiful electronic cookbook your family can use and treasure. Send us your recipe cards, or a clear photo of each one, and we’ll carefully type every recipe exactly as it was written. If you’d like, we can also make minor spelling corrections, add a modern term in brackets beside any old-fashioned one, and gently arrange each recipe in today’s familiar order: ingredients, then directions, then after-baking instructions. We’ll set your recipes in a background design you choose, help you choose a name for your cookbook, and add a dedication and a photograph on the cover as a complimentary addition. You’ll receive a copy to review, and we’ll welcome your suggestions before we finalize the cookbook. Then we’ll send you the finished cookbook as a PDF made for your tablet or computer. We also offer print-ready files if you’d prefer to print your cookbook.

These cookbooks can be given to children and grandchildren, newly married couples, as holiday or birthday gifts, for family reunions, and so many other occasions! No more squinting at faded cards, and no more splattering your treasured original recipe cards while you cook.

Want to add more of the story? We can also include short notes about the cooks, add family photographs, or build a simple family tree page. We can combine genealogy research with your cookbook at the standard research rate. Ask about adding family history research.

Confidentiality and care of your treasured recipes. We will never share or reuse your recipes without your written permission. And, since we understand that they are priceless, we will do our best to help protect them from damage while they are in our care.