Create your family cookbook online — Your family's recipes,
all in one place —
before they're lost.
Invite your parents, siblings, and kids to add recipes, photos, and stories to one shared cookbook. Free to start — and our AI reads Grandma's handwritten recipe cards for you.
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Four simple steps to preserve your recipes
From scattered recipe cards to a shared family cookbook — in minutes, not months.
Create
Start a cookbook for your family, group, or community.
Collect
Add recipes by photo, URL, or typing them in.
Collaborate
Invite family to contribute their favorite dishes.
Turn your collection into a beautiful printed book.
Built for families, not for a recipe app store
KindredCook.com is a web-based, collaborative family cookbook builder — designed to capture the recipes, stories, and memories that get lost when they live only in someone's head.
Web-based — no app to download
KindredCook.com works in any browser, on any device. Grandparents on a desktop, kids on a phone — everyone joins from the same link.
Truly collaborative
Invite siblings, cousins, in-laws — everyone contributes recipes, photos, and stories to one shared family cookbook.
AI scans handwritten recipe cards
Snap a photo of Grandma's smudged index card and KindredCook turns it into a clean, editable recipe — preserving the original card alongside it.
Stories, not just recipes
Every dish can carry the memory behind it: who made it, when it was served, why it matters. A real family heirloom, not a recipe database.
Private by default. Ad-free. Family-only.
Your cookbook isn't a public feed. No ads, no algorithm, no recipe marketplace — just your family's food, kept safe.
Printed heirloom editions
When you're ready, order a professionally printed hardcover or softcover — designed to be passed down, not just bookmarked.
More than ingredients.
The stories behind them.
Every recipe carries a story — who made it, where it came from, and why your family can't imagine Thanksgiving without it. These are real stories from real KindredCook cookbooks.
Foliaki Chicken
"I was given this recipe by my good friend Kepi Foliaki. We recently lost Kepi and I wanted to share this recipe to honor that friendship. I hope you will enjoy this recipe and that it will bring you as much happiness as Kepi brought me."
Shared by Sean, friend
Brazilian Feijoada
"When Ryan and I were newlyweds, we were friends with a Brazilian woman and her husband. She is the first person who taught me how to cook feijoada. Ryan loves this recipe obviously because he served his mission in Brazil. It's best served over rice, with maionese (potato salad), pão de queijo, and Brazilian limeade on the side."
Shared by Rachel, wife
Nate's Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
"I found this recipe in a cookbook from the Mesa Public Library when I was probably 18. I made them a lot, but it wasn't until Nate started making them that people noticed how good they are. I should be bitter about this, but I can't be too upset — he makes me cookies, and they taste better than when I make them."
Shared by Kristen, sister
Gather recipes
from everyone
who matters.
Send one simple link. Family, friends, or your entire church group can add their recipes, stories, and photos — all in one shared place.
Family reunion cookbooks
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Mom
34 recipes
Holiday classics
Aunt Linda
18 recipes
Southern comfort
Cousin Jay
7 recipes
Grill master
Grandma Rose
52 recipes
The original chef
Pastor Mike
11 recipes
Potluck stars
Sister Dee
23 recipes
Baking queen
Hardcover, linen-bound, keepsake quality.
From screen to keepsake.
When your cookbook is ready, turn it into a beautifully designed printed book — perfect for family reunions, holidays, weddings, church fundraisers, or gifting to the person who taught you to cook.
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Designed PDF
$39
Download and print yourself
Community Edition
$39
7×10", coil-bound
Standard Hardcover
$89
7×10" hardcover
Heirloom
$129
6×9" cloth cover, foil-stamped spine, dust jacket, PDF included
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Your family's recipes
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