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  • July 2008 Newsletter: Happy Independence Day, U.S.A.!

    Happy Independence Day, U.S.A.!

    We hope you’re doing well.

    Thank you for using our state-of-the-art system to help create your family heirloom. We have valued your business and hope to continue to help you with your family or group cookbook.

    It’s 4th of July and family reunion time! If you are planning to have your family cookbook ready for your reunion, make sure to allow 2-3 weeks for printing and delivery. If you have a tight time crunch, let us know and we’ll see what we can do to help.

    If you don’t plan to have your cookbook ready for summer – no problem! Right now is the perfect time to get everyone involved – and print your book for Thanksgiving and the holidays!

    Featured recipe from the database
    The Great Family Cookbook Project has surpassed 100,000 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 appetizer:

    This recipe for July 4th Blueberry Dessert, by Donna Field, is from The Field/Miller Family Cookbook Project. Search for more great recipes here from over 100,000 in our family cookbooks!

    July 4th Blueberry Dessert Recipe

    Contributor: Donna Field
    Category: Desserts

    Ingredients:
    Crust:
    1 c flour
    1 stick oleo
    1/2 c pecans

    Mixture:
    8 oz cream cheese
    1 c powdered sugar
    3/4 c cool whip
    One can Comstock Blueberry Pie Filling

    Directions:
    Combine crust ingredients and press in buttered pan. Cook at 400º for 10 minutes. Cool.

    Mixture: Combine softened cream cheese, powdered sugar and cool whip. (Use 1/2 for filling and 1/2 on top.) Add in can of blueberry pie filling. Mix all ingredients and fill crust. Put other half of mixture on top. Refrigerate.

    Number Of Servings: 8-10
    Preparation Time: 30 minutes

    Editors Ideas – how to keep your contributors motivated

    The holidays will be here before we know it. Remember, it may take a full 3 weeks to get your cookbooks at that time of year – so start today! When you do get together in the coming months, bring a printed recipe or two from your cookbook and hand them out. Let folks know that you plan to print the book in November or December – and get all their email addresses so you can add them to your book. Have fun!

  • Family Cookbook Project Surpasses 100,000 Searchable Recipes!

    Wow! Cookbook contributors in the FamilyCookbookProject.com have have now added over 100,000 recipes into family and fundraising cookbooks! That is just incredible. Actually, there are over 150,000 recipes in the system, but many folks choose to mark their recipes Private. But now, the internet has one of the highest numbers of recipes in any database available for searches on our recipe search page.

    Want something fun for dinner? For a holiday? For a family reunion? Find something fun today!

    Don’t forget, you too can create your own family cookbook, bridal shower cookbook, wedding cookbook or family reunion cookbook – quickly and easily. Start right now and have yours ready in time for your family get together this summer.

  • Grandmother’s Cookbook

    I came across this website from Carrie J. Gamble called Grandmother’s Cookbook which I think does a wonderful job of explaining why creating a family cookbook can be a wonderful, enriching experience.

    Carrie explains:

    For years I have wanted to launch this website for our cookbook, Grandmother’s Cookbook. There had always been one thing or another to delay its creation. Recently in an unexpected turn of events I have been given a new determination to re-introduce Grandmother’s Cookbook to the world. I am inspired once again to honor my grandmother and our family for its rich and interesting history.

    At the age of 96 Elizabeth Rose von Hohen started a “new beginning.” In September 2005 she moved into a nursing facility. In the process of helping her move, I have rediscovered our history. Vintage family photos, love letters sent from her husband, Erwin, in the early years of their marriage, letters from brothers written far from home as they served our country in World War II . . . these are just a few things that reminded me of things we should never forget. As I helped my grandmother go through her desk, we found remnates of the past in every drawer. Most everything in her desk had a “meaning” or sentimental attachment.

    One particularly poignant find was a beautful postcard. The “Happy Easter” postcard of an angel holding pussy willows actually was used as a birth announcement of sorts. It was sent by Anna and Nicholas Griffaton to Anna’s family back in Germany to announce the birth of their first child, Elizabeth Rosalia Griffaton, on April 1,1909. In German Anna writes, “we have a small angel like is on this card.” This loving note was written by a daughter who missed her family dearly and was never to see them again.

    In the moving process I was presented with another inspiration. I found a large box of letters which we received after Country Home magazine published a feature article about our book in their February 1994 issue. Of the thousands of letters my grandmother and I have received over the years, some got very personal. This box contained 50 such letters. I sat down and re-read each and every one of them. These letters amaze me! Some told of their similar family life growing up on a farm. Others said the article brought a tear to their eyes as it reminded them of their own treasured memories. Some told the story of how they met their husbands and described their own family traditions. The Country cooking style of comfort food recipes are a staple in many American homes that families just love. What made us feel so good was that every one said after reading the article they just knew they had to have a copy of Grandmother’s Cookbook!

    I think Carrie’s Grandmother’s Cookbook reminds us that a cookbook is more that just recipes. It tells the story of a family over time and helps future generations better appreciate those who have come before them. That is why the Family Cookbook Project works so hard to help families simplify the process of creating a family cookbook to preserve such memories.

  • Holiday Deadline for Family Cookbooks

    The holidays are almost upon us and we would like to remind all of our Family Cookbook Project editors that if they are planning to give their family cookbook as gifts this year, they need to have their cookbooks finalized and order submitted and paid by Monday, December 3rd.

  • Food for Thought

    FamilyCookbookProject.com makes it easy to create a printed personal cookbook filled with your own recipes. Our program has helped thousands in individuals organize recipes, provide professionally designed covers and recipe layouts and automatically creates a table of contents and index of recipes for beautiful printed cookbooks. Family Cookbooks help preserve family food traditions for future generations.

    Our monthly newsletter, Food for Thought, provides updates, helpful tips and recipes to our 80,000 cookbook editors.

    Here are a few samples:

    https://madmimi.com/p/6e06b11

    https://madmimi.cm/p/b9cd911

    https://madmimi.com/p/8a3ce01