Somewhere in my notes I had stashed away a scrap of paper scrawled with the words: October – Family History Month. The note was meant to remind me to suggest how great it would be to have a Family Cookbook Month instead.

Family Cookbook Month could be even bigger than Family History Month. Along with tracing one’s ancestry through the popular genealogy websites, families could get together to discuss favorite family recipes and preserve them in a family cookbook.

Families could use a cookbook software (mine immediately comes to mind) that already allows users the ability to include a family tree, complete with photos and biographies.

Family Cookbook Month could be even better than Family History Month. Parents, grandparents, and other relatives could get involved and share in the memories by contributing their favorite family recipes and stories about family mealtime traditions.

Family Cookbook Month could be even more practical than Family History Month. At the end of the month, you’d have a tangible result — a family cookbook of heirloom recipes to cherish forever.

It is a start. Shall we all contact our U.S. Congressional representatives and get bill number (Family Cookbook Month) FCM-100 going for next year?  I’m all for it. After all, I have a special interest. I own the cookbook software!  Tee-hee.

(You know I’m just kidding about FCM-100, right?)

Happy Cookbooking,

Matilda

P.S. Family history always makes a great gift, especially for the hard-to-impress. This Christmas, a homemade family cookbook that looks professional could be a great, economical way to please more than one family member on your gift list.

Making a recipe book? Check out all the recipe software and cookbook binding supplies we have at CookbookPeople.com.

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