Just a reminder, for Christmas delivery, the deadline to order your family cookbook or fund raising cookbook is TODAY, November 30th. Cookbooks are printed on a first come, first served basis, so the sooner you place your order, the better we all will be.
We will still accept orders after the deadline, but you may need to pay for expedited shipping.
Have fun!
We at FamilyCookbookProject.com want to wish you and your families a very Happy Thanksgiving! We are so very thankful for you, our customers, for using our cookbook software system to keep your family food treasures online and in your own printed cookbooks.
If you haven’t printed yet and want your copies by Christmas, the ordering deadline is November 30th. Over the Thanksgiving weekend, make sure to print a few pages out and show your families to encourage them to enter those last few recipes.
Enjoy the weekend!
Chip Lowell and Bill Rice
FamilyCookbookProject.com Co-publishers
June seems to be one of the busiest months for families. It also is the gateway to summer family reunions, picnics and vacations.
Planning Ahead
If you are using your family cookbooks as part of a celebration, either a family reunion, Mother’s Day gift, Christmas gift, wedding favor, or other specific event, it is important that you plan ahead and give yourself plenty of time to have your cookbooks printed and shipped for the event.
Family Cookbook Project uses the latest in high speed digital printing to produce your family heirlooms. Generally it takes 2-3 weeks to get the files ready for the presses, print, bind and package to ship directly to you. However, during our busiest seasons – right before Mother’s Day and Christmas – it can take much longer.
Another thing to consider is shipping. We use UPS and USPS to ship our family cookbooks all over the USA and Canada. Shipping can take an additional week to have your cookbooks reach you.
Since personalized family cookbooks can make such great Christmas gifts, editors rush to get their print orders submitted in November in order to receive them in time for Christmas time gift giving. Normally, we have a November 30th deadline for delivery in time for Christmas. Save yourself (and us) the danger of not having your cookbooks ready and submit your holiday cookbook orders in October and beat the November rush.
When setting your deadline for recipe contributions, leave enough time for you to review all of the recipes and finalize formatting before you can submit your order for printing. In just 2-3 weeks, your cookbooks should be in your hands!
Wedding Season!
There is no better way to get wedding guests involved prior to the event than asking them to contribute recipes for a wedding cookbook. Once the recipes are preserved online, they can be shared with other family members by email, individual printed recipes or provide a valuable lasting gift for attendees at the wedding reception.
“I just received our box of ‘Jake and Julia’s Friends and Family Cookbooks’ today! They turned out fabulous! I am so pleased, and so excited to give it to them at their wedding! Thanks so much for the wonderful website! This was just what we wanted, and we received such a great response from our family members who contributed.”
–Rita Flatz, Jake and Julia’s Friends and Family Cookbooks
The holidays are right around the corner and family cookbooks make a great gift for family and friends – and it is the busiest time for Family Cookbook Project in terms of printing cookbooks for families.
If you plan to have your cookbooks printed by us and received by Christmas, the deadline to order and make payment is Monday, November 30th. There will be an extended deadline, but expedited shipping will be required. Let us know if we can help!
If you need your family cookbook for Hanukkah, the print deadline is Monday, November 16th.
So get your contributors to submit their final recipes and start reviewing everything to get your cookbook ready to print before the holiday deadline to have a wonderful family heirloom to share for generations.
This is a great time of year. It’s rainy, it’s sunny, it’s warm, it’s cold. We are all getting excited for new growth and fun get-togethers outside. |
Mothers’ Day DeadlineMother’s Day is coming quickly – May 10th – and it also is one of the best times to have your family cookbook published. If you are planning on having your cookbook ready for Mothers’ Day, you’ll need to get your print orders in by Wednesday April 22nd in order to receive them on time for gifts. Wedding season is coming, too! How about a family & friends cookbook for a shower or bridal party gift? |
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Getting Ready for Family ReunionsIf your family has an annual family reunion in the summer, now is the time to get people contributing to your family cookbook. A cookbook is a great way to get family members excited about getting together – and what family reunion did not feature mountains of mouth watering food and family recipes! |
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As we prepare for the holiday season, many family cookbook editors are working to finalize their projects in order to give as gifts this year. Cookbooks must be submitted for printing before the deadline of Friday, November 1st to receive your cookbooks by Thanksgiving. Saturday, November 30th is the deadline to guarantee delivery without expedited shipping before the Christmas holiday. So now is the time to contact all of your contributors with your reminder tool and tell them to enter their recipes now before it is too late. We recommend using a recipe submission deadline of October 15th in order to give you time to review the recipes, make sure all of the extra spaces are removed and words are spelled correctly, and still have time to place your order before the printing deadline. Family cookbooks make wonderful gifts for family and friends alike. The effort you put into your cookbook now will pay off for your entire family for years to come. Great Cookbook Accessories!Need a nice cookbook holder for the kitchen? How about a really nice 3-ring binder for when you print on your own? Check out our Cookbook Accessories Shop and see all the fun things we have! |
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Featured Recipe from the Database |
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The Great Family Cookbook Project has over 500,000 public recipes in the system thanks to you! If you need a fun recipe idea that’s not in your own cookbook, go to our home page and use the search function to see what’s available – lots of good eats! This recipe for Halloween Party Punch, by Micki Clark, is from The Clark Family Cookbook, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. Give this recipe a try and if you do, be sure to rate it on our site! |
Halloween Party Punch RecipeContributor: Micki Clark ________________________________________ Mix orange juice with three cans of water and add to gelatin mixture. Add pineapple juice and chill. Add ginger ale just before serving. Makes 30 1/2 cup servings |
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“I’m so excited! I’ve always wanted to put our family recipes into a cookbook and I finally did it! We’ll be giving them out at the rehearsal dinner. I used the site to create our “Recipes from the Heart” and just sent it to the printer today. This website was so easy to use and the support you get is fabulous. I encourage any of you that want to record your family recipes for our future generations, please try them out… Seriousy, an awesome website. (can you tell how happy I am that it’s done?)” “I have never written a testimonial for a computer program so this will be my first! I can’t say enough how wonderful this program is, and how easy it is to use. I started with what I thought was going to be a “small” project. Once I got started, I found it so easy to use, that I expanded the project to include my whole family, including four generations and over 700 recipes. The book is truly wonderful and I appreciate the ease of the program, and the wonderful support from you when I needed to have a question answered. Thanks to this program, our generations of favorite family recipes are in print forever. I will recommend it to everyone. Thanks again for your wonderful program.” |
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“Behind Every Recipe You Love
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It’s August. It’s hot! But fall and the holidays are going to come quicker than you think. You still have plenty of time to get your cookbook ready for Thanksgiving get-togethers. Just remember, it will take us 2-3 weeks to print and get your cookbooks to you. So plan to finish up by the first few days of November. That’s just 10 weeks away. Right now is the perfect time to get everyone involved – and print your book for the holidays! Add to the StoryOur feeling at Family Cookbook is “Behind every recipe you love is a story you want to share!” And we have added an awesome new feature to your cookbook! Every recipe has always offered a personal notes/comments field for a contributor when they add it to the cookbook – so they can tell their story about the recipe. New! We have added an “Add to the Story” button on all recipes – so any contributor you have can add their own comments and stories to someone’s recipe. As editor, you can even have these stories added to the printed cookbook! Check it out on any of your recipes! Get Our App for Your Phone!Get the Family Cookbook Recipes App for iPhone and Android! You don’t always have to have a printed cookbook to use your recipes – you can always access them from the web on any PC, Mac or iPad with a nice larger screen. But what about your phone? Well, we have an app for that! Here are links to get the one for your phone: iPhone App here Great Cookbook Accessories!Need a nice cookbook holder for the kitchen? How about a really nice 3-ring binder for when you print on your own? Check out our Cookbook Accessories Shop and see all the fun things we have! Start Your Own Cookbook!If you had this email forwarded and would like to create your own cookbook, start by clicking this link – have fun! Bill Rice and Chip Lowell |
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Featured Recipe from the Database |
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The Great Family Cookbook Project has over 500,000 public recipes in the system thanks to you! If you need a fun recipe idea that’s not in your own cookbook, go to our home page and use the search function to see what’s available – lots of good eats! This recipe for BBQ Chicken Pizza with Cauliflower Crust, by Kelcey Heman, is from The O’Neil Family Cookbook Project, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. Give this recipe a try and if you do, be sure to rate it on our site! |
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BBQ Chicken Pizza with Cauliflower CrustContributor: Kelcey Heman |
The forum area of FamilyCookbookProject.com and CookbookFundraiser.com is for your use! Share ideas, food, and help others with their cookbook projects. We’ll be moving our blog here shortly, too, so all our messaging can be in just one spot.
Enter the forums by clicking the menu up top, or click here
One thing to note: our forums can have folks from all over, not just current cookbook users. So, you need to create a user account to post and comment on the forum or blog.
Have fun!
Happy November 2nd!
(well, it’s a not a holiday, but have fun anyway!)
As we prepare for the holiday season, many family cookbook editors are working to finalize their projects in order to give as gifts this year. Cookbooks must be submitted for printing by Saturday, November 30th to guarantee delivery without expedited shipping before the Christmas holiday.
So now is the time to contact all of your contributors with your reminder tool and tell them to enter their recipes now before it is too late. We recommend using a recipe submission deadline of November 15th in order to give you time to review the recipes, make sure all of the extra spaces are removed and words are spelled correctly, and still have time to place your order before the printing deadline.
Family cookbooks make wonderful gifts for family and friends alike. The effort you put into your cookbook now will pay off for your entire family for years to come.
Get Our iPhone or Android App
Announcing our new App for iPhone and Android! You don’t always have to have a printed cookbook to use your recipes – you can always access them from the web on any PC, Mac or iPad with a nice larger screen. But what about your phone? Well, now we have an app for that! Here are links to get the one for your phone:
iPhone App here Android App here
Check out our Cookbook Accessories Shop
Need a great extra to go along with your cookbooks – like a nice cookbook stand? Check out our Accessories Shop powered by Amazon!
We hope you’re doing well, cooking yummy things and keeping cool.
It’s August 2013. It’s hot! But fall and the holidays are going to come quicker than you think. You still have plenty of time to get your cookbook ready for Thanksgiving get-togethers. Just remember, it will take us 2-3 weeks to print and get your cookbooks to you. So plan to finish up by the first few days of November. That’s just 13 weeks away.
Right now is the perfect time to get everyone involved – and print your book for the holidays!
Great Cookbook Accessories!
Need a nice cookbook holder for the kitchen? How about a really nice 3-ring binder for when you print on your own? Check out our Cookbook Accessories Shop and see all the fun things we have!
-Chip Lowell and Bill Rice
Family Cookbook Co-Publishers
Featured recipe from the database
The Great Family Cookbook Project has surpassed 500,000 public recipes in the system thanks to you! If you need a fun recipe idea that’s not in your own cookbook, go to our home page and use the search function to see what’s available – lots of good eats!
Here is a recipe we tried recently for a fun summer party:
This recipe for Party Punch, by Shannon Gilliland, is from The Nash Family Cookbook. Search for more great recipes here from over 350,000 in our family cookbooks!
Party Punch Recipe
Contributor: Shannon Gilliland
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Category:
Appetizers & Beverages
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Ingredients:
3 Cups Orange Juice
2 Cups Pineapple Juice
2 Cups Sugar
1 Quart Lemonade
1 Quart Water
1 Quart Ginger Ale
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Directions:
Mix all ingredients together and cool.
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Number Of Servings: 24
Have a great end to Summer!
Chip Lowell is Co-Publisher of the Great Family Cookbook Project, a website that helps families and individuals collect and share food memories. Follow us on Facebook and Pinterest!
