family cookbook

[nanrpudn]

I just finished making a family cookbook.  It was a fun project and one I heartily recommend others doing.  I got in touch with all of my cousins and had them all send me their favorite recipes, many of those old recipes handed down from our parents and grandparents.  I organized and formatted them all, included lots of old family photos and then took the file to a printer and had them made into wirebound books.  Just mailed them out a few days ago and everyone who's received theirs is delighted with them.  If you decide you'd like to do this, feel free to pick my brain if you have any questions.

[Altus62]

 The Bell System Pioneers used to do something similar.

[onceuponatime]

.  That is a cool thing.  Off subject, a little.   Since telephones can now take photos..most people just save them on the puter .  I bought some throw away cameras.  And, our family is getting so very old.  So, I took those cameras with me and took lots of pictures..mostly head shots.  When I got enough pictures, I got them developed and make albums for my aunts and uncles..if they had kids and grandkids..I then mailed them to everyone..none of them live close by.  They loved it.

I made a cheese cake recipe booklet, for my mother, for mother's day one year.  That was a hit also.

How much did it cost you to have printed?

[nanrpudn]

I had XPress Copy do mine.  They ended up being just under $15 each, and that was with cardstock for the covers and all the section dividers, plastic covers on front and back and the binding.  The cousins sent me $20 for each book they ordered and that covered the copying and the mailing.  The print shop did a really nice job on them.  A lot of the photos I used were old ones and I wasn't sure how they'd come out, but they looked great.

[slowroller]

Found a good BBQ book that was put out by the Marine Corps last year.  Bought 5 for the kids.  All proceeds went to the wounded warrior fund.  Great book great cause.

[informant]

What a nice thing to do for your family!  Way to go!

[onceuponatime]

Where did you find those, Slow...

[linkd]

The wifie did a family cookbook for the kiddos this past Christmas.  All four kids cook, three girls and the boy, the caboose. 
 She took all of our family recipes from the 'recipe box', put them in Word and printed on a nice template that we found on-line.   Put all the recipes in a nice decorated three ring binder so that recipes could be added. 
It was all the recipes that the kids grew up eating, many handed down from our grandparents and great grandparents. 
To name a few:  N.O style fruit cocktail bread pudding, Grandma Hazel's Pot Roast (no need to use a knife, falls off the bone. No there's not a bone, but you get the point), Momma's seafood gumbo, Dad's EZ shrimp Etouffee, My Incredible Creole (red gravy) Jambalaya, Hot Tuna buns, Buttermilk Chocolate Fudge cake with pecans and Fudge icing,  so on.
gotta run.. got really hungry. :-)

[nanrpudn]

I did that a few years ago for my boys, too.  Just printed them myself and did the three ring binder thing.  They liked it and my youngest boy does a lot of cooking.  He uses his a lot.

[slowroller]

Once I'll look utoday where I found it and let you know

[Thinker]

[SNIP]     To name a few:  N.O style fruit cocktail bread pudding, Grandma Hazel's Pot Roast (no need to use a knife, falls off the bone. No there's not a bone, but you get the point), Momma's seafood gumbo, Dad's EZ shrimp Etouffee, My Incredible Creole (red gravy) Jambalaya, Hot Tuna buns, Buttermilk Chocolate Fudge cake with pecans and Fudge icing,  so on.
gotta run.. got really hungry. :-)

Creole Red Gravy Jambalaya....  sounds interesting,  Years ago when I was a commercial photog, I worked occasionally with Joe Cahn at the New Orleans School of Cooking.  I have been using his jambalaya recipe since then.  He does a Creole red, but without tomato.  And he does a cajun brown.

[slowroller]

Where did you find those, Slow...

  Google Command of the grill, then go to the Weber Grill site.  You can order then.  There are 3 different books but all proceeds go to Wounded Warriors.   Thanks for asking.  Semper Fi