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(NewsUSA) - Family cookbooks have been around for generations, but creating a cookbook by hand used to be time-consuming and expensive. Today, more people are using the Internet to collect and share favorite family recipes.
Using Web sites specifically built to simplify the process can help families organize, design and print high-quality cookbooks that can be treasured and passed on to future generations.
Familycookbookproject.com, winner of the Web Marketing Association's Best Family Web site for two years running, offers these tips for creating a successful family cookbook:
* Select one editor. That person should be the driving force behind the project and finalize all the decisions.
* Set a deadline. People tend to put off what they can. If there's a deadline, contributors will be motivated to complete the work in a timely fashion. Without a deadline, many family cookbooks simply don't get completed.
* Invite everyone, even those who do not cook, to participate. No one likes to be left out, and almost everyone has a special food that they can contribute.
* Include everyday foods. Submit easy, everyday recipes as well as those used at special occasions. Families are always looking for tried-and-true recipes for simple meals.
* Have a way for contributors to enter their recipes themselves. Many people entering means no one person has to do it all.
* Let everyone see what has been submitted. Sometimes the best way to get some family members to contribute is to show them who else in the family is participating.
* Print enough copies. Make sure that everyone gets a copy of the book. Make extra copies for gifts.
A family cookbook is a project that can bring many branches of a family tree together to work on a common goal. Once completed, you will have an heirloom to be cherished for many generations.
For more information, visit www.familycookbookproject.com. |
