Recipe Box PressDone-for-you family cookbooks

Made from your cards, notebooks, clippings and phone photos

Turn the recipe box into a book you can cook from.

Send one batch of family recipes. We sort the pages, type them, flag the handwriting we cannot settle, and lay out the whole book. You check it once. Two matching hardcovers and the digital files are included.

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$399 for one family set Up to 40 recipes · two hardcovers · tracked U.S. delivery

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Linen & Ink cover for the fictional Hawthorne Family Table sample
Style 1 of 5Linen & InkPressed herbs, old paper, quiet serif type

One finished family set: up to 40 recipes, two matching hardcovers, one complete review, and every approved file and original upload returned.

Start with the finished object

Which book belongs in your kitchen?

Choose the overall look first. The title lettering and recipe text size can be adjusted separately.

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Linen & Ink

Pressed herbs, old paper, quiet serif type. The cover belongs to a complete 96-page test book.

Linen & Ink cookbook cover

Your book, not our sample

Choose what belongs on the cover and opening pages.

A family photograph can replace the illustrated front, appear on the back, or stay inside the book. Choose the wording, type, recipe size and section order here, then print or save the plan for your family.

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Title lettering
Recipe text
Front cover
Back cover
Opening pages

The dedication above is included when it has text.

Recipe sections, in order
The Hawthorne Family TableRecipes gathered across three generations
Your back-cover photo

Linen & Ink

The Hawthorne Family Table

Recipes gathered across three generations

For everyone who learned by standing beside the stove.
  • Linen & Ink artwork on the front cover
  • Family photograph on the back cover
  • About page: Recipes gathered from three generations of family kitchens.
  • Contributors: June Hawthorne, Elena Hawthorne and family
  • Classic serif
  • Standard recipe text, 10.5 point
  • Sections: Breakfast & breads · Soups & mains · Sides & preserves · Sweets
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Recipe Box Press book plan

The Hawthorne Family Table

Recipes gathered across three generations

Book style
Linen & Ink
Title lettering
Classic serif
Recipe text
Standard recipe text, 10.5 point
Front cover
Linen & Ink artwork
Back cover
Family photograph
Dedication
For everyone who learned by standing beside the stove.
About page
Recipes gathered from three generations of family kitchens.
Contributors
June Hawthorne, Elena Hawthorne and family
Sections
Breakfast & breads · Soups & mains · Sides & preserves · Sweets

Planned as an 8½ × 11 hardcover, up to 96 interior pages, two matching copies.

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A page you can check

The handwriting never disappears behind the typesetting.

Every recipe keeps its source nearby. If a quantity could be ¼ cup or ½ cup, we show the exact spot and ask you. We do not quietly choose one because it looks plausible.

The Hawthorne family, recipes and source pages shown here are fictional test material.

What you send
Synthetic handwritten source pages for cinnamon oat griddle cakes
What you review
Typeset recipe page for cinnamon oat griddle cakes

The short version

You send the pile. We manage the project.

1

Photograph or scan everything

Cards, notebook pages, clippings, printouts and recipe backs can arrive in one batch.

2

We sort, read and build

Duplicates are joined. Two readings are compared. Amounts, temperatures and cooking times receive a separate check.

3

You review one complete book

Answer the family-only questions, check every recipe, and send one collected list of changes.

4

Two books arrive

You also receive the approved book files, the original pages and the record of what changed.

Count the pile, roughly

Does your first book fit?

A quick count is enough. This check stays on your device and does not see any recipe, photograph, name or email address.

One family set

$399

One payment after the print and privacy checks are complete.

Read the sample bookOrders are not open today. The sample is free and contains fictional material.

What the $399 set includes

  • Up to 40 recipesfrom as many as 80 photographed or scanned source pages
  • Two matching hardcovers8½ × 11 inches, up to 96 interior pages, shipped together to one contiguous-U.S. address
  • Your cover and opening pageschoose an illustrated or photo front, a photograph, recipe card or note on the back, plus your title, dedication, family note and contributor credits
  • Five complete book styleswith adjustable title lettering, recipe text size, section names and section order
  • A complete digital setapproved book files, original uploads and a source-and-correction record
  • One complete reviewwith service mistakes corrected separately before printing

Good fit

You want the family book finished.

You are comfortable taking phone photos, choosing a look and checking the complete book. You do not want to transcribe, design, order or track the printing yourself.

The first five books

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