Are you creating a family cookbook for yourself, or giving one as a gift?
Send the gift now. The cookbook comes together later, at their pace, with as much help from family as they would like.
Step 1
Start with questions tailored to their life, family and food traditions, or explore our library for more. They can add their own, adjust any suggestion or invite family to ask what they have always wanted to know.
Step 2
Questions arrive by email. Using any device, they can speak, record a video, write or scan a handwritten recipe card. No app or login needed, and the schedule can be changed or paused at any time.
Step 3
We transcribe and clean up each recording, choose the right page design and fill it automatically. Scanned cards keep their original arrangement, and every page remains editable.
Step 4
As soon as a page is added, everyone you invite can read the recipe, hear the story or watch the recording. They can follow along or contribute recipes, photos and memories of their own.
Step 5
They can arrange recipes and memories into chapters, personalise the cover, change the wording, add or move photos, choose each page design and preview the entire cookbook before printing.
Step 6
When their cookbook feels complete, we’ll print and bind the included full-color copy. QR codes let the family hear the original voices and watch the recordings from its pages. Shipping and extra copies are charged separately.
Start with what you remember now. Tasteful Memories guides you from the first recipe to a book your family can keep.
Step 1
Choose the food memories, traditions and kinds of stories you want to preserve. We’ll use your choices to suggest personal questions about the dishes, people and moments worth keeping. Keep the ones you like, change them or add your own.
Step 2
Each week, a question arrives by email. Answer by speaking, recording a video or writing on any device, or scan a handwritten recipe card you already have. No app or login is needed. Change or pause the schedule, and add something whenever inspiration strikes.
Step 3
As you answer, we turn each recording into clean text and place it in a page design that suits what you shared. Scanned recipe cards keep their original arrangement while becoming editable recipes. Review each page and change anything you like.
Step 4
Invite family to read the recipes, hear the stories and watch your recordings as the cookbook grows. They can simply follow along or add recipes, photos and memories of their own, bringing more of your shared history into the book.
Step 5
Arrange recipes and memories into chapters and personalise the cover. Change the wording, add or move photos, rearrange sections and choose the design for each page, then preview the entire cookbook before printing.
Step 6
When every page feels right, we’ll print and bind your included full-color cookbook. QR codes let your family hear your voice and watch your recordings from its pages. Shipping and extra copies are charged separately.
Before you begin
Start with the questions families ask us most.
The short answer
That’s completely fine. Personalised questions help uncover memories of everyday meals, celebrations and the people connected to them. Everyone has memories tied to food, even if no recipes have been written down yet.
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Yes. Questions open from email on any phone, tablet or computer. There is no app to download or login to remember, and answers can be spoken instead of typed. Family can help too.
Read the full answerThe short answer
Yes. Invite family to add recipes, photos and memories, or simply follow along by reading, listening and watching as the cookbook grows.
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There is no need to rush. Your purchase includes 12 months to create, followed by 90 days to finish editing if you do not renew. Your cookbook stays safely saved, and you can still read it or order copies afterwards.
Read the full answerWe’ll guide you from the first question to a printed cookbook your family can read, hear and cook from for years to come.
