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Cookbook
Publishers

Cookbook Publishers
Athena Publishing, Inc. (www.athenapublishinginc.com), “As you gather recipes for the cookbook, you will be surprised by how much you learn about your family members...” No minimum order

Cookbook Publishers, Inc. (www.cookbookpublishers.com), “Your cookbook is the recipe for fundraising success!” Minimum order of 100 books.

Fundcraft (www.fundcraft.com), “You collect the recipes, we will do the rest!” 100 or 200 book minimum, depending on which program you choose.

G&R Publishing (www.cookbookprinting.com), “Choose G&R to help you publish your own cookbook and achieve your fundraising goals.” Minimum order of 100

Gateway Publishing Co., Ltd. (www.gatebook.com), “Your gateway to preserving memories.” Minimum order of 100.

The Great Family Cookbook Project (www.familycookbookproject.com), “Create a family heirloom – start your own family cookbook at the Great Family Cookbook Project!” Minimum order of 50 (membership program).

HeritageCookbook.com, “Create your very own cookbook... it’s easy and fun!” Minimum order of 5

Morris Press Cookbooks (www.morriscookbooks.com), “You supply the recipes & we’ll do the rest!” Minimum order of 200.

Rasmussen Company (www.cookbookprinter.com), “We have the recipe for a terrific fundraiser!” Minimum order of 200.

Walter’s Publishing (www.cookbookxpress.com), “Walter’s has served schools, churches, and businesses throughout the United States for over 50 years.” Minimum order of 25.

Your OWN Cookbook (www.yourowncookbook.com/), “Create and publish your OWN cookbook!” No minimum order.

Commercial Printers
CopyMax online, or check your phone book

Kinko’s online, or check your phone book

Paper/Desktop Publishing Sources
PaperDirect, one of the best sources of specialty paper and desktop publishing supplies

Paper.com, the selection is not as large as PaperDirect’s, but the prices are great

PaperAccess also carries a selection of pre-printed specialty papers

as does Geographics, and they have a few designs of papers printed on both sides

DECAdry is a Belgian company supplying papers for those who live outside the United States, as they don’t currently sell in America

Downloadable Fonts & Art
FontFreak has both PC and Macintosh Fonts

Blue Vinyl Fonts have some really fun and funky offerings for both Macs and PCs. (I love Blue Vinyl fonts!)

Clipart.com has a one-week membership for only $12.95 (do you know how much clip art you can download in a week’s time?)

Dover Publications have some traditional clip art (that you actually have to clip from a page), and some on CD-Rom

Historical Trivia
On This Day In History, a marvelous real-world reference of history

This Day in History, from the History Channel

Today in History, choose a date, and it will list lots of events that occurred

On-This-Day.com

MSN’s Encarta® On This Day In History

And for you movie buffs, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) also has an “on this day” page.

Scrapbooking Information & Supplies

Scrap Planet (www.scrapplanet.com): A free, online scrapbook community with free scrapbooking layouts, poems & quotes, and scrapbooking ideas.

Chandler Creations (www.chandlercreations.com): “providing the best scrapbook albums, kits and accessories”

Quirks of Art (www.quirksofart.com): supplies, and an idea gallery!

Scrapbook.com, “the center of the scrapbooking world”

Creating Keepsakes Magazine (www.creatingkeepsakes.com) online

Memory Makers Magazine(www.memorymakersmagazine.com) online

“Keeping memories alive since 1981:” Scrapbooks.com, online scrapbook outlet

Scrapbooking Recipes for the Holidays, an Mary Emma Allen article

Amanda’s Recipes: examples of recipe scrapbook pages (with the recipes!), in a 5x7-inch format

Examples of recipe scrapbook pages at Scrapbooking.com

Archiver’s: The Photo Memory Store (www.archiversonline.com) has a lot of photo album, scrapbook and card making supplies

This Scrapbook FAQ has tips specifically for recipe scrapbooks.

Recipe scrapbooks as clutter control... an article at the Dollar Stretcher online, by Michael Allen.

Mealtime Memories, by Mimi Russell, at Scrapjazz.com. Be sure to check out the other suggested articles.

Create memories with a kids recipe book by Cyndi Johnston (really neat ideas!)

Preservation/Supplies
The Northeast Document Conservation Center has marvelous information on how to preserve papers.

Homemade deacidifying “dip” for newspaper clippings, a tip at Rootsweb

ArchivalUSA.com sells Archival Mist® and many other archiving materials.

Light Impressions (www.lightimpressionsdirect.com) has been selling archival supplies since 1969.

CooksCorner.com sells 3x5-inch and 4x6-inch recipe card protectors.

Family Cookbook Websites & Pages
Articles about Family Cookbooks
The Family Cookbook, an article by Linda Sikut at The Dollar Stretcher

A Family Cookbook, an article at FamilyFun, a Disney website

Family Cookbooks: Preserve Those Treasured Recipes, an article by Donna Smith at RecipesToday.com

Sites with Family Cookbooks
An Alberta Family Cookbook, contains excerpts online of a family cookbook this Canadian family compiled

EEE Cooks (“Tripoli”), an online family cookbook from some folks in Baltimore

The Pratt Family Cookbook, another online cookbook

Genealogy Resources

Family Chronicle Coverwww.familychronicle.com, “The How-To Genealogy Magazine”

www.leisterpro.com I use Reunion for Macintosh, and I have used Family Tree Maker on PCs. I am a Mac-user, and I really love the Reunion software.

Visit Cyndi’s List (www.cyndislist.com) of Genealogy Websites. The information she links to can answer just about any question you have.

Rootsweb (www.rootsweb.com), the oldest and largest FREE genealogy site, they are supported by Ancestry (www.ancestry.com).

Writing Resources
Memoir Writers, “Journal writing from a historical perspective.”

Recollections “is a life story writing service that will take the work out of recalling and writing your family stories.”

Cookbook Software
I used MS Word® for Macintosh® and cannot personally vouch for these programs. I have not found a program available for Macs for cookbook creation; all those below are Windows® only.

AccuChef™, “[E]asy to use recipe software that allows you to collect, exchange and organize your recipes and much more.” ($19.95)

The Cook’s Palate®, “Let The Cooks Palate recipe software help you express your culinary palate by making cookbooks.” ($49.99)

Cookbook Wizard, “Recipe software for those who love to cook, Cookbook Wizard recipe software. Simple as 1-2-3!” ($17.95/$23.95)

The Living Cookbook, “Plan meals, create menus, get nutritional information, create shopping lists, print recipes, publish cookbooks, export, e-mail and much more.” ($29.95)

Now You’re Cooking!, “Recipe and cooking software to manage all your kitchen activities.” ($25 and up)

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Organizations

Heartland Writers Guild – Sponsor of the biennial Heartland Writers Conference and “Great Beginnings” Writing Competition, HWG is a not-for-profit multi-genre organization devoted to giving its members tools to successfully market their writing. Their website features RealAudio highlights and photos from prior conference workshops as well as links to writing resources.
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