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How big would your family's cookbook actually be?

Slide in your family's numbers and watch the book take shape. An honest estimate, every assumption on the table — no sign-up, nothing saved.

4
Just youThe whole clan (20)
6
One signature dishTheir whole repertoire (15)
Photos in the book
The stories behind them

The stories are the part your grandkids will read. They're also the part that makes the book thicker — honestly so.

Your family's cookbook, roughly
~48
pages
Spine ≈ 2.8 mm of coated stock

Reads like a proper cookbook — the kind that lives on the counter, splattered and loved.

How we got there

This is an estimate, not a printer's quote. It's built only from what you set above — here's every assumption, so you can see exactly what's driving it.

People contributing recipes4
Recipes each brings~6
Recipes in total24
Pages per recipe (short notes)1.5
Recipe pages36
Photo pages (photos on about half, ~0.5 page each)6
Front matter — title, dedication, contents6
Rounded up to whole signatures (multiples of 4)48 pages
Spine — 24 sheets × 0.115 mm coated stock≈2.8 mm
Your book~48 pages

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Make the real thing

A full hardcover, collected from your whole family: every recipe, every story, printed and shipped — about the size you just saw.

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You just saw the book. Now make it real.

Family Crumbs collects recipes from everyone you love (in their own words) and prints them into the hardcover you just sized up — one your kids will still have in fifty years.

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