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  • Great gifts for the chef in your life

    Cookbook SotwareBuying an interesting gift for someone who likes to cook is always a challenge. I mean how many squash peelers or specialized kitchen gadgets does a person really need anyway?

    Whether you are looking for a Christmas gift for a someone who loves to cook, or a birthday gift for the family chef, one gift that would be truly appreciated is a personalized cookbook from the Family Cookbook Project.

    Your chef can take the collection of recipes collected over many years from different sources and simply enter them into our simple, easy to use software program. When complete, all of those recipes would be contained in a single beautiful personalized cookbook.

    After entering the recipes, the software will help the user create a custom cookbook cover or select one of our templates, create automatic indexes and have printed cookbooks delivered directly to their door in a few short weeks.

    Family Cookbook Project Personal Cookbook Software available at Amazon.com.

     

  • Holiday Cookbook Printing Deadlines

    Christmas CookiesThe 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.

  • Let’s Make A Family CookBook Deal!

    LET'S MAKE A DEALOnce again Family Cookbook Project has been asked to provide one of the prizes for this favorite TV game show. One of the prizes that contestants will try to determine the value of will be a Lifetime membership to FamilyCookbookProject.com and 10 copies of their personalized cookbook.

    Let’s Make a Deal is one of America’s best loved game shows and has been on the air since 1963. People in wacky costumes try to be selected to receive a gift and then are asked to trade for “what’s behind curtain number one!” or some other possible great prize or maybe get zonked.

    Be sure to watch the Let’s Make a Deal on CBS on November 25 2015, the day before Thanksgiving. Enjoy the show and know that your Family Cookbook Project continues to receive national attention.

     

     

  • Four Exciting New Cookbook Cover Template Choices Now Available

    One of the most important elements of any family cookbook is its cover. Most people judge a book by its cover even though they say they don’t.

    At family cookbook project we have just added four new covers for you to choose from when you are making your customized cookbook. That brings the total number of covers available up to 33 fun and colorful options.

    Of course, you also have the ability to upload your own custom color.

    Over the next several months we hope to more than double the number of interesting cookbook covers available to our family cookbook editors

    Here are the newest additions to FamilyCookbookProject.com‘s cover options:

    School Chalkboard

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    Painted Hands

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    Love Food

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    Food Sketches

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  • Recipes on the Internet

     

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    One of the benefits of having your recipes on family cookbook project is that they become available to you from any computer.

    Google and other search engines regularly crawl our site looking for new recipes. When they find them, they make them available to the entire Internet. That way you can access a recipe simply by typing in The title of a recipe and your cookbook name into any browser.

    This is useful for when your family cookbook is not available, like at a grocery store buying ingredients for recipe, or wanting to share a dish with a friend.

    You also can have access to all your recipes if you download our award-winning mobile app for iPhone and android devices.

    Not only are the recipes made available to you online, but many other people around the world can enjoy them as well.

    Currently the most popular recipe on family cookbook project.com is Saskatoon Berry Crisp, by John and Verna Heinrichs, is from The Heinrichs Family Cookbook . This recipe has had almost 50 people view the recipe in the past month.

    Be all time most viewed recipe on family cookbook project.com is Camp Fire Pizza Roll, by Danyeil Reed, is from 40 Something Cowgirls Restless Riders Cookbook, which has been seen by more than 7000 people since 2013!

    Of course if you don’t want to share your recipes with the public then simply mark them private when you post them. This keeps them out of the public domain.

    Since our founding 10 years ago, family cookbook project has helped more than 63,000 families and fundraising groups collect more than 1 million recipes.

  • Christmas in August?

    Christmas in August?

    I don’t know about you, but in August on Cape Cod we are enjoying fine summer weather and fun times with family and friends.

    However if you like to give incredible personalized gifts for the holidays, now is the time to start your family cookbook project.

    The best holiday gifts are not something you buy in the store. The gifts that make people feel most appreciative are those that you put a little effort into. Time is a valuable resource and people appreciate when gifts are more than just something purchased at the last minute.

    People who receive your personalized cookbook will never know just how easy it was to create using family cookbook project.com. All you need to do is enter your recipes, pick a cover and dividers, and we’ll do the rest. You can add an introduction and photos if you want.

    However, while it is easy, it does not happen overnight. Your personalized cookbook needs to be printed on our professional cookbook printing presses. Plan on submitting your print order by sometime in October to avoid the busiest time of printing.

    That means September is the time that you need to have your recipes submitted and your introduction written.

    So while you may be spending time on vacation in August, create an account at family cookbook project and creating a one-of-a-kind gift giving opportunity for the holidays.

    To learn more and get started, go to www.familycookbookproject.com

  • April Showers Bring May Flowers – and Mothers’ Day Cookbooks!

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    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 Deadline

    Mother’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 Reunions

    If 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!
    If you don’t want to get people contributing before-hand, use the event to collect email address and get family members eager to contribute their best recipes.

  • Family Cookbook Project Wins Best Publishing Mobile App From Web Marketing Association

    The Family Cookbook Project (www.familycookbookproject.com) has been named the Best Publishing Website in the Web Marketing Association’s 2014 MobileWebAward Competition. The Family Cookbook Project creates personalized cookbooks for individuals, families, church groups and schools. This is the second year in a row that the Family Cookbook Project recognized with this honor. The free Family Cookbook Project app can be downloaded for iPhone and Ipads at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/family-cookbook-recipes/id503938411?mt=8 or Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app_fcbrecipes.layoscreen480x4801ut

    The Family Cookbook Project online recipe box allows users to browse and use their recipes. Tools include our blog at your fingertips, latest recipes from our recipe database, notes for in the kitchen, a tip calculator and more! Users can enter their recipes at www.familycookbookproject.com and have access anywhere!

    “The Great Family Cookbook Project is a website dedicated to helping families collect and preserve cherished recipes into a printed cookbook that can be passed down from one generation to the next,” says Chip Lowell, Co-Publisher and Technical Director of the Family Cookbook Project. “However, many people also like to access their recipes on the go from their mobile device. iPhone and iPad users now have an easy to use option to access their recipes”.

    The Family Cookbook Project Website was started as a project in 2003 to help one family collect and organize a family cookbook. Overwhelming feedback from those who used the website led to its continued development and public launch. Currently, more than 42,000 families and groups have started family cookbooks using the website and contributors have entered more than 836,000 individual recipes.

    “Personalized cookbooks have been around since the 1950s, however the process of collecting and organizing recipes has always been a labor intensive project for the cookbook editor,” says Lowell. “Now it’s easy and cost effective to have your very own cookbook printed. The Family Cookbook Project website provides step by step instructions and tools to help cookbook editors invite others to participate and allow them to enter their favorite recipes directly into the online system. The editor then simply reviews and edits the recipes, selects printing options, and sends the cookbook to be printed. The finished printed cookbooks are then received by the editor in only a few weeks”.

    The Family Cookbook Project Website previously been recognized as the Best Publishing Website in 2013 and 2011 and Best Family Website in 2005. It also was recognized in 2012 and 2009 with the Standard of Excellence WebAward. It’s Family Cookbook Recipes App was also named Best Publishing App in 2013 by the Web Marketing Association.

    “We thank Web Marketing Association MobileWebAward judges for recognizing our work. We will continue to develop ways to help families, schools and church groups create both online and printed cookbooks that become treasured heirlooms,” continued Lowell.

    About the Web Marketing Association

    Since 1997, the annual WebAward Competition is conducted by the Web Marketing Association, an independent organization founded with the purpose of evaluating and recognizing the standard of excellence on the World Wide Web. Award programs run by the Web Marketing Association include the WebAward Competition for Website Development, the Internet Advertising Competition and the MobileWebAwards.

    About the Family Cookbook Project

    The Family Cookbook Project is dedicated to helping 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. Personalized cookbooks are also used by schools and church groups as important fundraisers. Groups looking to create cookbooks for fundraising efforts can also check out www.cookbookfundraiser.com.

  • Why Cookbooks Make a Great Fundraiser

    fundraiserFunding worthwhile projects can be a challenge. While there are many fundraising programs that happen year after year, it’s always good to try something new every once in a while to keep people interested.

    A fundraising cookbook not only can help you find important projects and activities, but it also can help to bring a community together in a fun activity that everyone can benefit from.

    Who doesn’t like to see their name in print? Having a recipe submitted and included in a community cookbook gives added incentive to buy those cookbooks and share them with friends and family.

    Here are some ideas on how to get the most from your fundraising cookbook project.

    1) The more people you get involved with your cookbook, the more people will likely be your target audience to buy that cookbook once it is printed.

    Cookbook fundraiser.com has built-in tools to invite as many people as possible to contribute to your cookbook. We make it easy!

    2) Include advertising from local businesses and individuals to help support the cost of printing the cookbook. That way the proceeds from the sale of the cookbook can go directly to the worthy cause.

    Cookbookfundraiser.com allows you to add as many extra pages to the back of your cookbook as you would like. These make it easy to add advertising pages!

    3) Most fundraising cookbooks seem to be priced between $12 and $20 and contain about 150 recipes. Determine how much money your organization wants to raise and that will help you determine how many copies you need to sell and at what price to reach your goal.

    Our website has a great cost estimator to help you determine what to expect from your printing cost. We also offer many hints on how to format your cookbook to decrease the cost of printing.

    4) Reach out to not only those who contributed recipes, but all those in your community to pre-order the cookbook before you go to print. The more copies you presell, the more copies you can order which will lower your per copy cost.

    Our pre-ordering tool makes getting orders from contributors a snap. You can also order a single copy of your cookbook to display at community events and help to generate additional sales.

    5) Add an ISBN number and bar code to your cookbook and you can sell the cookbook at local bookstores and online on Amazon.com. This can provide ongoing revenue for your organization.

    Family cookbook project offers a marketing package that includes an ISBN number and barcode. We also will get your cookbook listed on Amazon.com!

    6) Ask local retail stores to also sell your cookbook to their customers. Often grocery stores and small retailers will support community fundraising efforts at no charge by offering the product at their checkout counter.

    These are but I handful of ways to help you get the most from your cookbook fundraiser project. However, as with every fundraising project, it takes one individual to get the ball rolling.

    To get started with your cookbook fundraiser project, go to www.cookbookfundraiser.com and create a free account today!

  • Sweetest Family Secrets Contest

    Lucky-LeafLucky Leaf, a fruit filling company, is sponsoring a “Sweetest Family Secrets” recipe contest.

    To enter the first round, just submit your secret recipe (it must use 1 can of LUCKY LEAF pie filling) between November 16 and December 13. In the second round,they will choose 20 finalists and highlight them for popular vote from December 29 – January 24.  The top-voted finalist will win the grand prize package worth $3,000: $1,500 towards new kitchen gear – like baking sets, appliances and utensils – and $1,500 cash to sweeten up your holiday.!

    10 finalists will also win a KitchenAid® Stand Mixer, a lifetime membership to www.FamilyCookbookProject.com and a one-year supply of LUCKY LEAF pie filling.

    To enter and see complete details, go to the Lucky Leaf Contest Page and fill submit your recipe using the form on the right side of the page.