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Turn your recipe box into a searchable digital family cookbook — one card at a time.
You do not need to scan the whole recipe box at once. Photograph one card, type the ingredients, and add who wrote it — while the story is still easy to remember.
Free to start · No credit card · Your family owns what you add
Handwritten cards fade, binders get misplaced, and shoeboxes do not survive every move. When you digitize old family recipes one at a time, each card becomes searchable, shareable, and backed up in your household library.
Photograph the original card first — that preserves fading ink and margin notes even before you finish typing ingredients and steps.
A digital family cookbook grows recipe by recipe. Save one heirloom dish, invite siblings to add theirs, and your household builds a shared collection that outlasts any single index card.
Take a clear photo of the handwritten card or page so you always have the original.
Enter ingredients and instructions in structured fields so the recipe is searchable.
Note the family member, occasion, or tradition in the memory story fields.
Create a household and invite relatives so everyone can add their recipes to one library.
Start with one recipe while the story is still fresh. Ingredients can be looked up again; who taught you and why it mattered is harder to recover. The free tier costs nothing to save that first card.
Upload a photo of your recipe card and we transcribe the ingredients and steps — or type manually if you prefer. Start with one card; you do not need to scan the whole box at once.
Take a clear photo of your recipe card — printed or handwritten — and upload it in Recipe & Memory Book. We use AI to read legible text and fill in title, ingredients, and steps. You review every field before saving.
We transcribe all legible text from your photo. Clear lighting and a flat card give the best results. Faded ink, heavy stains, or illegible cursive may need manual edits — you always review before saving.
Save one recipe at a time — photograph the card, type the ingredients, and invite family to add theirs. Over weeks your household builds a searchable digital family cookbook without a marathon scanning session.
Yes — recipes, photos, and memory stories are stored in your household library online. Sign in from any device to browse and add to the same collection.
Recipe & Memory Book is a family recipe app at recipes.gerrardfamily.com. Save recipes with photos, seasons, and memory stories — a digital recipe book built for food heritage, not meal planning.
Yes — the free tier includes 30 recipes, 20 memories, and 50 photos. No credit card required. Premium ($5/mo or $49/yr) adds higher limits and an ad-free experience.
Docs are unstructured. Recipe & Memory Book gives you recipe fields, photos, household sharing, and memory stories purpose-built for family food heritage.
Ancestry focuses on family trees and records. Recipe & Memory Book complements your tree by preserving the kitchen — who passed down the dish, the gathering, and the notes on the card.
We use Recipe & Memory Book ourselves — recipes, photos, and the stories behind them.
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