If you haven’t poked around our website lately, you’ll be amazed at all the great things we offer to increase your enjoyment of Matilda’s Fantastic Cookbook Software. Bet you didn’t know that we now have beautiful gift bags that make wrapping and presenting your home-made family cookbook as a gift much easier!
We have standard size beautiful gift bags that accommodate our half page recipe binders and recipes boxes quite nicely. And, we also have large size beautiful gift bags that are perfect for the full-size recipe binders, recipe boxes and other items that need a little more room. All the designs are beautifully finished, and some even coordinate well with the existing binder and recipe box patterns that we carry. Read the rest of this entry »
Not long ago I spoke with a customer who was adamant about keeping her recipe box intact instead of creating a family cookbook with cookbook software. Here is an excerpt from our conversation:
“I have two recipe boxes, actually,” she said “Both contain recipes I never touch, but I know where they are when I want them.”
I asked if she would consider converting the contents of her recipe box into a cookbook containing the same recipes and that she could keep handy on the kitchen counter.
“No, my recipe box has recipes that I’ve gotten from friends and acquaintances over the years. We used to have potlucks, and everyone would bring the recipe for the dish they brought.”
But wouldn’t it be easier to find the recipes you like if they were neatly categorized in a tabletop cookbook instead of in a recipe box? Read the rest of this entry »
Grandma’s magic kitchen had the power to transport us. With Grandma’s cookies as sustenance, we could be transported from our backyard tent (made with blankets draped over the clothesline) to wonderfully exotic places we only read about in storybooks. If you had the chance to select one keepsake from your Grandma’s kitchen, either Grandma’s Recipe Box, Grandma’s Recipe Book, or Grandma’s Recipe Cards, which one would you choose? Read the rest of this entry »
My little recipe box has been serving me well for many years (incuding keeping recipes for my family cookbook). Every time I have misplaced something in the house (which is frequently of late), I always go look in my little recipe box, because I never know what I will find in there.
You might think it odd, but my little recipe box has had a whole other life besides its original use. Here are some of the items that have found their way into my little recipe box over time: Read the rest of this entry »
