{"id":2052,"date":"2021-11-09T07:58:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T11:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/?p=2052"},"modified":"2021-12-03T17:18:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T21:18:30","slug":"why-a-family-cookbook-is-better-than-a-recipe-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/2021\/11\/why-a-family-cookbook-is-better-than-a-recipe-box.html","title":{"rendered":"Why A Family Cookbook Is Better Than A Recipe Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love my grandmothers recipe box. I have been able to find many, many family recipes that I remember from my childhood and now can introduced to my own kids. For many years a recipe box on 3 x 5 index cards was the way people collected their written recipes. However this form has many drawback.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recipe cards are easy to lose.<\/li>\n<li>Recipe boxes often have categories but cards are often miss filed and hard to find.<\/li>\n<li>If you want to share a recipe you have to write out another recipe card.<\/li>\n<li>Old handwriting is often hard to read<\/li>\n<li>Old handwriting fades over time<\/li>\n<li>A single recipe box can only be passed down to one member of the next generation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2099\/11\/download-1070x1159-25-277x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" data-wp-pid=\"1953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2099\/11\/download-1070x1159-25-277x300.png 277w, https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2099\/11\/download-1070x1159-25-138x150.png 138w, https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2099\/11\/download-1070x1159-25-768x832.png 768w, https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2099\/11\/download-1070x1159-25-945x1024.png 945w, https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2099\/11\/download-1070x1159-25-624x676.png 624w, https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2099\/11\/download-1070x1159-25.png 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.FamilyCookbookProject.com\">FamilyCookbookProject.com<\/a> makes it easy to turn your recipe box into a beautiful printed cookbook that is easy to share, organized, and can be passed down to future generations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><i>Bill Rice<\/i><i> is founder and Co-Publisher of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/create_make_cookbook_software.asp?utm_source=FCBP_Blog&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_campaign=FCBP_Blog&amp;utm_content=Footer\">Great Family Cookbook Project<\/a>, a website that helps families and individuals collect and share food memories through customized printed cookbooks filled with treasured recipes. Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Familycookbook\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/cookbookproject\/\">Pinterest<\/a>!<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love my grandmothers recipe box. I have been able to find many, many family recipes that I remember from my childhood and now can introduced to my own kids. For many years a recipe box on 3 x 5 index cards was the way people collected their written recipes. 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