The Book of Blessings

Passing the history of your family on to the next generation is a joy ... but it can also a big task. That's where 'The Book of Blessings' comes in. Watch its blank pages fill with recipes of the foods you grew up loving, silly stories about aunts, uncles and grandparents and a written history of the traditions that make your family uniquely yours. Perfect to take to family reunions, birthday parties, major holiday gatherings or to a simple lunch with your parents, 'The Book of Blessings' gives you a place to keep track of the biggest blessing you'll ever know - your family.

Even if cooking isn't your family business, every family has a signiture dish. Is your family is famous for their pressure cooker pulled pork, a special vegetarian wonder or the greatest vegan dish on the planet? You'll find a spot to record tha culinary goodness. Need to remember Grandma's blue-ribbon pie recipe? Did your Daddy win a bar-b-que cook-off? Does your aunt make chili to die for? Do your people have the best homemade ice cream recipe in town? Do you make the most awesome hand-tossed pizza crust around? Record the recipes for future family cooks! Have kids who love to cook? Change direction and make The Book of Blessing a cookbook for kids. Whatever you need it to be, you can create this blank book in the image you have in mind.

Use the back of the book to personalize your copy, detailing who donated recipes, what funny or memorable events are recorded inside or have a 'book signing', allowing each family member to sign the back of the Book of Blessings.

With pages dedicated to different food categories, it will be easy to keep track of and use those most-loved recipes. Other areas give you room to collect autographs of your relatives, record stories or favorite jokes, take down family histories and traditions, record your family tree or share stories about 'the old days'. Quotes - some inspirational and some funny - are there to get you started.

Keep your family's history in one safe place. Purchase this special blank book as a wedding gift, a graduation present or as a gift for yourself. Your 'family circle' will be as close as your cookbook, no matter the distance between you.

Buy your copy now - don't miss another opportunity to collect your family's culinary history!

Table of Contents

Our Family's Tips, Tricks and CookingTechniques

Appetisers and Beverages

Breads

Desserts

Meats and Seafoods

Pasta and Rice

Sides and Salads

Sauce, Soups and Stews

Comfort Foods

Easy Meals

Holidays and Special Events

Other Things Each chapter has plenty of room to write in the family's culinary mysteries, like exactly what Great-Grandmother meant by 'a pinch' or how Grandpa fileted his catfish. There is no end to what you can keep safely tucked away inside the pages of this special cookbook. It will 'become' your family, as individual and unique as the members who join in the gathering of each recipe, each new piece of information, each family story. Need a blank cookbook for church or civic group recipes? Check out 'Potluck' by Debora Dyess.