Introduction

For a few years now I've wanted to compile family recipes into a book and have it available for family members.  I've collected recipes, collected pictures and have the idea in my head...but also have no time to do the actual book assembly. I hired an out-of-work friend to do the work for me but she got a new job and doesn't have the time to do it either.  

So I got the brilliant idea to start a new blog and simply build the book post by post.  I'll give out the blog address to family members and in the end I can make the book thru Blurb.

As I write this a historic storm is raging outside.  It's early morning on February 9th, 2013 and the snow is about 3 feet high outside my sunroom window. Perfect time to begin this new task.

My plan is to focus on the women in the family - giving as much history as I can about each one, and show their handwritten recipes along with a typewritten or clearly written recipe.  Why typed or rewritten?  You'll see as we get to the recipes.  My plan is to test as many of the recipes as I can, which will be challenging as many of them have no real measurements written down.  

So that's the intro to this project, I'll start testing recipes, posting, researching and posting more.