jtp01 said:
I have a family cookbook that was given to me when I went to college. My mom, grandmother and all aunts cousins, uncles all submitted recipes for the book to my mom and she and my dad put it together.
A friend did that when her son married, she asked for recipes from all family members and extended family/friends. She included pictures of him growing up and then with the bride and groom, matching the people to the recipe, and had it professionally bound by a vanity press, so it looked like any other published book. It was honestly fantastic work, and serves as a cookbook and a scrapbook of memories.
It is one of the most thoughtful wedding presents I've ever seen.
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Mom passed away in October and her cookbook was still on the counter along with Tons of her hand written notes and some added recipes. One of these days when one of us can we will recreate hers with the notes for her grandchildren. I figure it will mean more to them to have their nanny's handwritten notes than a typed version of her changes/additions.
Scan all of her notes along with the recipes. Add in pictures of your kids with their grandmother. Compile all of it in Illustrator/Photopshop/some pushing program, then publish it as a bound book. Give it to your kids at HS graduation or some other significant milestone.