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Creating an Heirloom: Writing Your Family's Cookbook
- Paperback
- Edition: New title
- Author: Wendy A. Boughner Whipple
- Publisher: PublishAmerica
- Release Date: April 2005
- ISBN-10: 1413748945
- ISBN-13: 9781413748949
- List Price: $17.95
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryCreating an Heirloom: Writing Your Family's Cookbook is a guide to help families take their treasured recipes and turn them into an heirloom that will last for generations. Recipes are records of our cultural history and the memories that go with them are precious. This book will show you how to gather, create, and archive all of those into something more than a cookbook: you will be creating an heirloom. |
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Not impressed
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Maybe I didn't read the product description right, but I thought that this was going to be a customizable cookbook that I could tailor to my specific tastes. I was also thought that it might come with a cd to create fonts and designs for the cover and the interior of the book. When I got this thin little "how to" book I was really disappointed and even a little insulted. If I were to truly create and bind a book myself, I don't feel like I would need this little book because I would probably have enough free time on my hands to figure it out for myself. I'm returning it.
I wish I'd seen this book before we developed our software
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Matilda's Fantastic Cookbook Software 3.2
I'm one of the developers for Matilda's Fantastic Cookbook Software. I only discovered this book after we'd built our software, but I wish I'd seen it beforehand. It's so full of ideas on how to make a family cookbook more than just a list of recipes. We came to many of the same conclusions the author did on our own, but reading her book first would've sure saved us some time.
Whether you use a software package like ours to make a cookbook, or just go with a simple 3 ring binder and some hand-scrawled pages, or anywhere in between, I really recommend picking up this book and using it as a companion.
I guess you could say I'm an "expert" in the small field of helping people make their own family cookbooks. From my research, there really isn't a better book out there for helping you get your book done.
A Completely Thorough Piece of Work
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Wendy Boughner Whipple did an excellent job explaining the process involved in creating an heirloom family cookbook. Her computer explanations are basic enough for a novice computer user and thorough enough for someone familiar with photoshop programs. I really liked the checklists at the end of each chapter and the resources listed in the back of the book are very helpful. I would definitely recommend this book for anyone with the patience and dedication to take on the challenging project of creating an heirloom family cookbook.
Outstanding reading and after sales service.
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This book is one that you have to read from cover to cover even if you don't plan to write a book. Wendy has written a book that makes the work ahead of you seem like a breeze, plus everything in the book is so easily identifiable. There were a couple things I (as a non computer user) had to write and ask Wendy to explain. The e-mails I received back came quickly and explained things step by step. Through the correspondence we have had I feel as if I have a new friend and would reccomend this book to everyone thinking about writing an Heirloom.
Easy to follow, produces great results
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I have previewed galleys of this book and I can say with confidence that it will allow you to produce a real heirloom - a cookbook your family will treasure. Whether you want to make a few handmade books as gifts or produce a large run of printed cookbooks for a family reunion or other activity, you'll find step-by-step instructions, alternatives, and suggestions for making your book uniquely your own. It would make a great gift for mom, gramma, or whoever in your family puts on those big dinners we all remember.
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