A living online binder
Your cookbook lives at a link: a ring binder you leaf through sheet by sheet, a QR code for the fridge, and a new sheet whenever you add a recipe. No reprints, no "final_final_v3.pdf".
The cookbook you write yourself
Make your own cookbook
Gather the dishes your family actually cooks into a ring binder that lives online: one sheet per recipe, chapter tabs, your notes in the margin. Share it by link, then print the A5 PDF with any local or online printer you choose.
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From Nonna's Kitchen
Sundays, birthdays, and everything in between
Sweet things
Sweet things
RECIPENo. 03
Sweet things
Ciambellone
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 250 g sugar
- 120 ml sunflower oil
- 120 ml milk
- 300 g flour
- 1 sachet baking powder
- Zest of 1 lemon
Method
- 1Whisk the eggs and sugar until pale and doubled.
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How it works
A clear path from recipe to book
1Gather
Collect your greatest hits. Type them, paste them, or photograph the index card: ten recipes make a lovely binder; forty make a family heirloom.
2File
Pick a cloth, write the title on the label, and name your chapter tabs. Every recipe gets its own sheet, set in the same tidy layout.
3Hold it
Leaf through the binder online, share it with anyone who has the link, or export a print-ready A5 PDF for your chosen printer.
Why not a Notes app
What makes it different
A document holds text. A book holds the family. Here is what you get that a folder of files never will.
AI helps with the typing
Type a recipe, paste rough notes, or photograph a handwritten card for an AI draft that keeps the original wording. You check every line before it is saved.
Print-ready PDF
Download the whole binder as A5 pages: contents, chapter dividers, and every recipe. PDF export is free; Forever Club removes the small footer for a clean file you can take to any printer.
Free to start
Unlimited binders and your first ten recipes, free forever. No card and no trial clock, just your recipes laid out clearly.
Cloth & tabs
Pick a cloth, write on the label
Four cloths, a label you write on, and coloured tabs for your chapters.
Open the sample binders in the gallery →
For the holidays
Making one as a gift this year
forever.recipes does not print or ship anything, so the only deadline is your printer's. The binder is online from the first recipe; the paper copy is printed wherever you choose.
Now to mid-November
Pick ten to twenty dishes and ask each cook for theirs. Type each recipe as it arrives, or photograph the card for an AI draft.
Thanksgiving, November 26
Share the binder link so each cook can check their own sheet, and ask at the table for any dish still missing.
By December 1
Download the A5 PDF, read it page by page, and ask your print shop for its current December turnaround before you commit.
Running late?
The online binder does not wait for a printer. Switch it to Anyone with the link, share its link or QR code on the day, and print a copy after the holidays.
The full plan is on the Christmas recipe binder page. For what to put inside, read how to make a recipe book as a gift.
Good to know
Quick questions
Is it free to make your own cookbook?
Yes. The free plan includes unlimited binders and your first ten recipes, plus up to five private drafts, with three AI drafts a day. Forever Club ($3.90 a week, $9.90 a month or $89.90 a year) adds unlimited recipes. Printing is paid to the printer you choose.
How many recipes do I need to make a cookbook?
Ten make a lovely small gift and twenty-five a satisfying first edition. Because it is a binder, you can start small and add a sheet whenever a new recipe turns up.
Can I make a cookbook from handwritten recipe cards?
Yes. Photograph each card and get an AI draft that keeps the cook's wording, check it against the card, and keep the card photo on the recipe's sheet next to the typed version.
Can I print my cookbook?
Yes. Download your binder as a print-ready A5 PDF; export is free. Forever Club removes the small footer for a clean file. You choose and pay your local or online printer directly.
Can I make a cookbook in time for Christmas?
Yes for the online binder: you can share it by link as soon as it holds a recipe. For a paper copy, export the A5 PDF by early December and check your printer's December turnaround. forever.recipes does not print or ship anything.
Is the cookbook a printed book?
Not from us. You make an online binder and download a print-ready A5 PDF (148 by 210 mm, about 5.8 by 8.3 inches), then print it with a local or online printer you choose and agree on the paper, binding, price and delivery with them.
Can I share my cookbook?
Yes. Binders are private by default. Switch a binder to Anyone with the link before sharing its link or QR code. Switching it back to Private revokes that access.
Is this a cookbook maker I can use online?
Yes, entirely. forever.recipes is an online cookbook creator: nothing to install, your binder lives in the browser and stays editable forever. Add a recipe from your phone mid-dinner, and the shared link updates on its own.
Prefer everything in the browser? Meet the online cookbook maker →
More on the full FAQ.
Your recipes deserve a binder.
Pick a cloth and start filing: the first ten recipes are free.
Start your binder