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 4th to receive your cookbooks by Thanksgiving. Wednesday, 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 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.

FamilyCookbookProject.com Wins WebAward

For the sixth year in a row, the Web Marketing Association has recognized FamilyCookbookProject.com for its outstanding website development. The site was recognized with a Best Publishing Web Site WebAward!

More than 2,000 sites from 45 countries were adjudicated in 96 industry categories during this year’s WebAward competition. Entries were judged on design, copy writing, innovation, content, interactivity, navigation, and use of technology.

Family Cookbook Showcase: OurCookbooks.com

Our website to help our editors sell their cookbooks online, Family Cookbook Showcase at OurCookbooks.com, is ready to go when you are. Whether you are using your cookbook as a fundraiser or just have a few extra copies that are taking up space, we will make it easy for you to make them available.

If you already have had you cookbook printed, please go to your editor account and click on the “Publishing Tools>Sell Your Cookbook Settings” link. Here you can enter some basic information and have visitors order cookbooks directly from you. When all of your cookbooks are sold, simply come back and turn off the free listing. It’s our way of helping you to get the most for your cookbook dollar.

If you have not yet printed your cookbook, it will be made available to you after your order has been sent to print.

The Family Cookbook Showcase is part of a more comprehensive cookbook marketing package that is being put together to help editors sell their cookbooks.

The Great Family Cookbook Project has a huge amount of 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 party:

Halloween Party Punch Recipe

The holidays are here. Remember, it may take a full 3 weeks to get your cookbooks at this time of year – so start today! When you do get together in the coming weeks, 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!

It’s September and Back to School time.  Time to get “everyone on the bus” and helping on your cookbook at FamilyCookbookProject.com or CookbookFundraiser.com.

Well, Summer 2011 has come and gone.  Hope you had a great one!  Today is Labor Day – and it’s feeling like fall with school back in session for most of us tomorrow.  So – time to get everyone busy adding and trying yummy recipes to your family or group cookbook.

Believe it or not, the holiday season is almost upon us. Since family cookbooks make a wonderful gift, it’s no wonder why that is by far our busiest time of the year.

Tips for Making a Holiday Deadline

In order to make sure you receive your cookbooks in time for sharing with your friends and family for the holidays, here are some tips from Family Cookbook Project.

• Use the Reminder Tool to email contributors to enter in their best recipes so they can look forward to cookbook for the holidays.
• Set a deadline so everyone knows when their recipes must be submitted by – and make sure you leave a few days for those contributors that will want to add a recipe or two after the deadline!
• You do not have to wait until your recipe collection is completed to start working with the Publishing Tool. Pick a cover from our professionally designed assortment or design your own. Select your layout type face and dividers – just remember to click the save button and the system will remember your selection.
• Don’t wait until the last minute. While our digital printing allows for some of the fastest turn-a-round times in the industry, printing is done on a first come first served basis. We are expecting and are prepared for a lot of editors to have their cookbooks printed in October and November. You don’t want to be the last in line – so place your order early!

Right now is the perfect time to get everyone involved – and print your book for the holidays!

Time to Reorder More Cookbooks?

Need extra cookbooks for holiday gift giving? If you were planning to print more copies of that fabulous cookbook you created, now is the time to place that order!

We hope you’re doing well and keeping cool.

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 13 weeks away.

Right now is the perfect time to get everyone involved – and print your book for the holidays!

Would you do us a favor? Visit us on Facebook (here’s our link: http://www.facebook.com/Familycookbook)- and click “Like” on our page. Thanks a bunch!

-Chip Lowell and Bill Rice
Family Cookbook Co-Publishers

Featured recipe from the database

The Great Family Cookbook Project has surpassed 350,000 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!

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.  It’s also a perfect time to get your recipes together for your cookbook at Family Cookbook Project or your fund raising event at Cookbook Fundraiser.  Our cookbook templates, custom recipe layout tools and family and group contacting tools make it easy and fun!

Mothers’ Day Cookbook Printing Deadline

If you are planning on having your cookbook ready for Mothers’ Day, it’s on May 8th this year.  You’ll need to get your print orders in by Thursday April 14th in order to receive them on time for gifts.

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.

Bill Rice and Chip Lowell
Co-Publishers
Family Cookbook Project


Featured recipe from the database

The Great Family Cookbook Project has a huge amount of 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:

This recipe for Pecan-crusted Sliders, by Linda Powell, is from The Powell Family Cookbook Project. Search for more great recipes here from over 300,000 in our family cookbooks!

Ingredients:
12 oz pork tenderloin sliced in 1/2 inch slices
1 cup of finely chopped nuts
1 egg
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp cooking oil
1 green apple
1 and 1/2 cups shredded broccoli slaw
1/4 cup mayonnaise
8 small dinner rolls or buns
Dijon mustard
2 tbsp water

Directions:
1.Flatten pork pieces by pounding gently under saran. Pork is already a fragile meat so careful not to over flatten. You should end up with about 1/4 inch thick.

2.In shallow dish whisk egg and 1 tbsp honey. In another shallow dish combine chopped nuts, 1 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp pepper.

3.Dip pork in egg mixture then nut mixture, pressing in to coat.

4.Heat oil in skillet over medium-high and cook pork about 3 minutes per side or until golden or amber brown

5. Meanwhile, for slaw, chop the apple into matchstick pieces that will blend well with the broccoli slaw. Combine apple and broccoli in a bowl.

6.Whisk mayonnaise, 1 tbsp of Dijon mustard, 1 tbsp of honey, and 2ish tbsp of water and pour over slaw. It will barely coat. You don’t want it too wet or buns will get soggy. Season with salt and pepper.

7. I slice, butter lightly, and broil to toast the split rolls.

8. Place one pork piece on each bun; top with slaw. put roll top on and eat like a hamburger.

Number Of Servings: about 12
Preparation Time: 30 minutes

What they are saying

“I LOVE the site and so do the members of my family. A couple of Aunts have even become obsessed with adding recipes and I had to tell them to stop!”
–Laura Kohl, The Hopta Family Cookbook Volume 2

“We have a received our cookbooks and there are a huge success!! Thank you so much! All the ladies at our church are thrilled.”
–Wendy Francis, Recipes to Remember

Famous Quotations

We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons.
~Alfred E. Newman

When I go to a restaurant, I always ask for a chicken and an egg, to see which comes first.
~Unknown

The Great Family Cookbook Project has a huge amount of 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:

While the end of year holidays are a great time to give out your cookbooks, there are lots of fun events coming up that make for perfect gift giving.   Whether your creating a cookbook with our cookbook software at FamilyCookbookProject.com or a fund raising project at CookbookFundraiser.com we make it easy and fun!

Valentine’s Day is in a couple weeks. How about giving your family some food love! You’ll need to order in the next day or two to ensure delivery.

Here is a recipe we tried recently:

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