Share recipes with a recipe binder

by Nicole Weston, Posted Dec 19th 2006 @ 10:29AM

Recipe books aren't quite as popular as they used to be. More often than not, people buy cookbooks as gifts and pass those out to friends and family, not only because it's convenient (and the recipes are good), but because they don't necessarily have a collection of their own favorite recipes to pass on. Fortunately, as home cooking continues steadily growing in popularity, people are writing down what they like to cook. Often, these recipes show up on food blogs, but as gift idea, why not revive the idea of actually writing down those recipes to pass them on?

The Recipe Binder Set from russell+hazel includes two binders, each with recipe pages, recipe cards, menu planning sheets and measuring equivalent charts for easy referencing. There is room for photos and many computers will let you format recipes so they can be printed out directly onto the recipe cards. Alternatively, you might also have luck finding a blank recipe book at a stationary/card store, such as Hallmark.

Filed Under: Ingredients, Books, How To
Tags: binder, book, comfort food, cooking, family, family recipes, gift, gifts, notebook, notes, recipe, recipes

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12-19-2006 @12:06PM rainey said... I still think a recipe database is the way to go. Print out as many recipes as you think worth sharing. Print them on the paper you choose. Add extra word processed pages for commentary, memories, family/holiday pix. Make individualized dedication pages. Print out as many copies as you feel are appropriate. Have Kinkos put them in a spiral or choose another or fabricate something truly artistic and handbind it.

All the utility you want for everyday cooking and archival purposes as well!
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12-19-2006 @12:15PM Angela Pitt said... I'm trying to organize my recipe binders; no sense
passing along the mass confusion in the state they're
currently in. Can I find the recipe I'm searching for
at any given moment? Why, yes, I can.
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12-19-2006 @5:11PM veron said... I love russell and hazel products ,I use their mini binders for my musings on food and their expandable file to hold my clippings and cook's illustrated subscription. They add a lot of style to kitchen organization.
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12-19-2006 @10:20PM kindli said... I agree w/#1 a recipe database would be great too. I'd never heard of russell & hazel until this post so I'll refrain from passing judgment.

I keep track of my recipes from the web on del.icio.us and print out the ones I want to make when I want to make them, I keep the print-outs in a binder in page-protectors, I've got little dividers and I can find what I want when I want it... for recipes in my cookbooks, that's what post-it notes are for (or the photocopier then they're put in the binder).
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