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  • Scary and Fun Halloween Recipes From Family Cookbook Project

    Scary and Fun Halloween Recipes From Family Cookbook Project

    Our Family Cookbook Editors have contributed more than 2.5 million recipes since FamilyCookbookProject.com started in 2004.  Most recipes are every day tried and true recipes that the family grew up with for generations. Some are specialty holiday recipes that only were made once a year.

    Here is an assortment of Halloween recipes for your to try with your family this October 31st. Click on the image to be taken to the recipe.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Bill Rice is Co-Publisher of the Great Family Cookbook Project, a website that helps families and individuals collect, preserve and share food memories by creating their own printed personal cookbooks. He is the author of The Wellfleet Oyster Cookbook (Available on Amazon) and the Cape Cod Cocktail Cookbook, both created using FamilyCookbookProject.com. He is also editor of the Donovan Family Cookbook, now it’s third printing.

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  • How Profitable is a Cookbook Fundraiser?

    How Profitable is a Cookbook Fundraiser?

    One of the hardest things about creating a cookbook fundraiser is planning for how big your cookbook needs to be to generate the profit you wish to raise. Our Cookbook Fundraiser Profit Calculator at CookbookFundraiser.com lets you change variables to help you determine the scope of your project.

    Cookbook Fundraiser Profit Calculator

    Click on the Green bars and enter the details for your Cookbook Fundraising project and see how much potential profit your fundraiser. Click the link above and give it a try.  

     

     

    Bill Rice is the Co-Publisher at Family Cookbook Project and CookbookFundraiser.com which helps individuals, churches, schools, teams and other fundraising groups create cherished personalized cookbooks using the power of the Internet to meet funding needs. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest!

     

  • Dying to Get Your Recipe Remembered

    Dying to Get Your Recipe Remembered

    Source: New York Times

    Some people will do anything to make sure their recipes are not forgotten when they pass on.

    The New York Times recently posted and article by Christina Morales that they say you can’t take it with you, but recipes do disappear when loved ones die. Some families have found a novel way to record them for posterity. The article is entitled Family Recipes Etched in Stone. Gravestone, That Is. and highlights several families that have had special recipes carved in stone so they are not forgotten.

    In cemeteries from Alaska to Israel, families have memorialized their loved ones with the deceased’s most cherished recipes carved in stone. These dishes — mostly desserts — give relatives a way to remember the sweet times and, they hope, bring some joy to visitors who discover them among the more traditional monuments.

    Our course, we at Family Cookbook Project, know there is a much easier way to preserve special recipes for future generations and create a lasting tribute to a someone who was a great cook – preserve their recipes in a printed family cookbook that can be shared and cherished.

    FamilyCookbookProject.com is an online publishing platform that makes it easy to create a printed personal cookbook filled with your own photos and recipes. Our program has helped thousands of individuals organize recipes by providing professionally designed covers and recipe layouts, automatically created table of contents and index of recipes for beautiful printed cookbooks.

    Creating a family cookbook is easy and makes a great gift. To find out how easy, create a free personal account at Family Cookbook Project.

     

    Bill Rice is Co-Publisher of the Great Family Cookbook Project, a website that helps families and individuals collect and share food memories by creating their own printed personal cookbooks. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest!

     

  • How To Make A Bridal Shower Cookbook

    How To Make A Bridal Shower Cookbook

    Here is a great idea next you need to plan a bridal shower for a friend or family member – a bridal cookbook!

    One thing every new bride to be needs is great recipes to feed her family. Both families as well as friends can help get this started by contributing recipes as part of a bridal shower!

    Here’s how to do it:

    When you send out your bridal shower invitations, include a link to your Family Cookbook Project cookbook, use the Invitation Tool and add everyone’s email. This will send everyone a link that will allow them to contribute their recipes. Set a deadline for entering recipes about three weeks from when the invitations are sent. Remember people will also wait until the deadline!

    Get both of the mother’s to contribute the most recipes if possible. This way both the bride and groom with have lots of recipes that they grew up with in their cookbook. Using Family Cookbook Project’s Custom Categories Tool, you can even create a special category for each mom’s recipes.

    As the recipes are being entered, start planning how the cookbook will look.

    Cover – Family Cookbook Project offers several cookbook covers specifically for bridal cookbooks or wedding cookbooks. You also can create a custom cover with the name of the cookbook and a photo of the couple.

    Write an introduction – The best bridal cookbooks will have an introduction written by the individuals giving the bridal shower. An introduction can be used wish the couple well wishes and to talk about the importance of family.

    Add Photos – Photos can help bring your cookbook to life. You can add photos of the lucky couple on top of recipes, or create custom pages to highlight photos of the bride and groom as they were growing up and while they were dating.

    Finally, it is time to print your cookbook. Make sure you give yourself enough time to order your cookbooks and have them printed, at least 3-4 weeks if possible. Be sure to order enough copies for each attendee as well as several extra copies for family members that can not attend the event.

    For the event, make some of the dishes from bridal cookbook and serve them at the event. Include a place card with the dish name and include the page number from the cookbook. Finally, if you are looking for a great wedding favor, try creating a Wedding Cookbook for your family and friends!

     

    Bill Rice 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!

  • How-to Use The Family Cookbook Project Multi-Book Dashboard Video

    How-to Use The Family Cookbook Project Multi-Book Dashboard Video

    With FamilyCookbookProject.com, users with an active membership can start and maintain as many cookbooks as they like. Some editors have different versions of their cookbook for different sides of the family, while others create entire cookbooks with only one category (think a cookbook of all your best desserts!). This video shows you how to manage all of your cookbooks in one place.

     

    About the Family Cookbook Project

    The Family Cookbook Project helps individuals and families collect and preserve the time-honored recipes that are so important to our family traditions. The website at www.familycookbookproject.com provides step-by-step instructions and online tools to create a valuable family heirloom that preserves recipes and memories for future generation.  Personalized cookbooks are also used by schools, church and other groups as important fundraisers.

  • How To Create a Single Topic Cookbook

    How To Create a Single Topic Cookbook

    Do you have a lot of recipes of a specific type? Maybe you love to make cookies or pies or cakes. You can create a “mini cookbook” to organize your recipes and even share with family and friends using FamilyCookbookProject.com.

    With a few as 10 recipes, you can create a single category cookbook or multiple categories within a theme.

    For example, were I live, oysters plentiful and are some of the best in the world. My family eats a lot of oysters each summer and I thought it would be great to create a cookbook with just oyster recipes. It was so well received, it is now available on Amazon!

    You can buy a copy of The Wellfleet Oyster Cookbook by clicking on this link.

    Next, I plan on creating a BBQ mini cookbook and giving it out as gifts for Christmas to my friends and family.

    To create you own mini cookbook, go to the Production Center on your editor page and select “more cookbooks”. Here you can create your own mini cookbook and even import your recipes from your main cookbook using our recipe transfer tool.

     

     

    Bill Rice is Co-Publisher of the Great Family Cookbook Project, a website that helps families and individuals collect, preserve and share food memories by creating their own printed personal cookbooks. He is the author of The Wellfleet Oyster Cookbook (Available on Amazon) and the Cape Cod Cocktail Cookbook, both created using FamilyCookbookProject.com. He is also editor of the Donovan Family Cookbook, now it’s third printing.

    Follow Family Cookbook Project on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest!

  • Get Answers at the “How To” Center

    Get Answers at the “How To” Center

    FamilyCookbookProject.com answers hundreds of emails a week with basic questions on how to do various aspects of creating a family cookbook. So we came up with the idea to put all of those answers in one place.

    Welcome to the Family Cookbook Project Editor Education Center. Here you will find the answer that age-old question “How do I…”.

    When you don’t know how to do something, start here and get specific instructions on how to accomplish most aspects of creating the perfect family cookbook.

    You will find a link to the How To Center in the black navigation bar on every page of FamilyCookbookProject.com.

     

     

    Bill Rice is Co-Publisher of the Great Family Cookbook Project, a website that helps families and individuals collect, preserve and share food memories by creating their own printed personal cookbooks. He is the author of The Wellfleet Oyster Cookbook (Available on Amazon) and the Cape Cod Cocktail Cookbook, both created using FamilyCookbookProject.com. He is also editor of the Donovan Family Cookbook, now it’s third printing.

    Follow Family Cookbook Project on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest!

  • Fundraising Is A Fact Of Life

    Fundraising Is A Fact Of Life

    Fund Raising with cookbooksFundraising is a fact of life for many organizations. People in the community love to help a good cause however often get tired of the same fundraisers year after year.

    One new way that many churches schools and nonprofit organizations are raising funds is with a cookbook fundraiser.

    A cookbook fundraiser can be very profitable and a fun community event that creates a valuable community cookbook that will be remembered for a long time.

    Using a website, like cookbookfundraiser.com, makes it easy to gather recipes and design a beautiful cookbook including recipe layouts and indexes.

    Here are tips for creating a cookbook fundraiser from cookbookfundraiser.com:

    1. Establish an editor and or committee to manage the cookbook process. The editor and committee are responsible for the design of the cookbook.
    2. use your traditional communication tools to invite individuals in your community to contribute recipes to your cookbook. Allow them two I had their recipes online so your editor doesn’t have to do it for that.
    3. Set a deadline for submitting recipes about a month out. People will always procrastinate to the last moment so giving them more time will just delay the project.
    4. Increase your profits by including advertising in your cookbook. Local businesses love to support good causes and are willing to place small space adds in fundraising cookbooks. You can more than double your profit I including ads in your cookbooks.
    5. When your cookbook is printed, go back to everyone who contributed recipes and get them to purchase your cookbook. Also remind them that cookbooks make great Christmas gifts!

    A successful Cookbook Project can bring a community together for a common cause. Many memorable events center around food and a cookbook will be well received.

     

    Bill Rice is Co-Publisher of the Great Family Cookbook Project and CookbookFundraiser.com, website that helps families and organizations collect and share food memories by creating their own printed personal cookbooks. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and

  • Food Related Holidays – September 2023

    Food Related Holidays – September 2023

    It seems that every day is a special day for something. Especially when it comes to our favorite (or not so favorite) foods.

    FamilyCookbookProject.com created a list of special food related holidays that you may not be aware of.

    For fun, pick some of your favorites and served them on their national day.

     

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    Source: National Day Calendar

     

    Bill Rice is Co-Publisher of the Great Family Cookbook Project, a website that helps families and individuals collect, preserve and share food memories by creating their own printed personal cookbooks. He is the author of The Wellfleet Oyster Cookbook (Available on Amazon) and the Cape Cod Cocktail Cookbook, both created using FamilyCookbookProject.com. He is also editor of the Donovan Family Cookbook, now it’s third printing and is an avid genealogist tracing his family back to the 1600’s.

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  • How to Motivate Your Family Cookbook Recipe Contributors

    How to Motivate Your Family Cookbook Recipe Contributors

    As with any family project, getting everyone to contribute can be a challenge, especially if they have not seen the end product beforehand.

    Here are some tips to keep your Family Cookbook Project contributors motivated:

    The more the merrier – Be sure to include everyone, not just the great cooks. Everyone likes to be asked to participate and the more you invite, the more recipes you’ll likely get. To add contributors and send an email invitation, > Use the Invitation Tool

    Set a reasonable deadline – Set the submission deadline on the “Project Information Editor” page, but don’t set it too far in the future. We all tend to put off whatever we can and contributing recipes is often one of those things. A month is usually enough time to give everyone to find the recipes they want to contribute and get them entered. Two things to remember: most of the recipes will come in just in time for the deadline and second, you can always extend the deadline if you want more recipes.

    Send regular updates – Use the Reminder Tool to email some or all of your contributors on a regular basis. Remind them of the deadline and ask them to meet a specific goal, like “please add one or two recipes to each category”.

    Target the biggest recipe boxes – Every family has a handful of people who are known for their cooking (you are most likely one of them in your family!). Send a personal message to them either using the remainder tool or reaching out by telephone, Facebook or with a personal visit. People are flattered when their skills are recognized. Let them know the cookbook would not be complete without their contributions.

    Ask for specific recipes – Send a reminder to everyone asking for a specific recipe from your family’s past that will get everyone thinking of past gatherings. Include your memories of that dish or the person who created it. It might help remind everyone why putting together a family cookbook is important.

    Use social media – As you add your own recipes to your family cookbook, it is easy to post them to Facebook or pin them to Pinterest. Sharing your recipes this way shows other family members that you are contributing and shows them they should as well.

    Bill Rice is founder and Co-Publisher of the Great Family Cookbook Project, a website that helps families and individuals collect and share food memories through customized printed cookbooks filled with treasured recipes. Follow us on Facebook and Pinterest!