Why Use Reciperience?

Save and Share Recipes and Associated Memories in One Central Location

Ever had trouble finding a favorite recipe? Or gone to the website where you had one bookmarked, only to find it was no longer available?

The idea behind Reciperience was to collect all your favorite recipes in one central location, so you can make notes, record memories and save your favorite recipes, then share them with friends and family.

My own kitchen bookshelf was stuffed with about 30 cookbooks, plus four binders/folders and duotangs overflowing with recipes I had printed from the internet. I had thousands of recipes to choose from - not even including the bookmarked recipes I had stored on my computer, tablet or phone - but only really used a small portion of those over and over. Each time I wanted to make a specific recipe, I had to try to remember which book, binder or electronic device I had stored that recipe on. And sometimes I would find that the bookmark that I had used many times before was now broken because the recipe had been moved or removed. Reciperience solved that problem for me - all my favorite recipes, in one place, for as long as I want them there!

Ever had a child move out on their own, and wish you could send them with all their favorite recipes so that they could continue to have a taste of home whenever they like?

I have four kids, and can expect 3 of them to be living on their own within the next 5 years. I had planned to print favorite recipes and assemble a binder for them when each moved out, but never quite got around to it. And thus #1 child has been out on his own for two years now, and has to text me for specific recipes whenever he needs one.

But now Reciperience has solved that problem for me! All we have to do is create an account for him, and grant him access to my recipe book and his mom's (I'm the step-mom), and then he has access to any family recipe that he wants, whenever he feels like it.

Ever find out, years down the road, that everyone else in the family knew a funny story about Grannie and the Christmas Cake she used to make, but you had never heard before?

One year I decided to assemble a cookbook for my half-sister (though full in my heart!) with recipes from my childhood that she missed out on because we didn't meet until we were both in our early 20s. I thought it would be nice for her to have access to our Grandparents recipes, as well as some of my own family's favorites. I decided to personalize it further by including stories about those recipes. Who made it first ... for what occasion ... and any entertaining stories that were associated with it. While asking our Dad about his mother's recipes, a funny story emerged. It appeared that Grannie had a rather liberal hand when cooking with alcohol, and made a Christmas Rum Cake that one of Dad's friend's was quoted describing as "THE best Christmas Cake I ever drank!" Now, I'm 45 years old, but that was the first time I had ever heard that story, and it made me think of other stories that could accompany my own recipes, and be handed down to my kids, and their kids in the future.

And, yes, Reciperience has solved that problem for me, too! Each recipe in Reciperience has space to add hints and tips, as well as stories about the recipe that can be viewed by anyone in your network. They can add additional tips and stories as time goes on, enriching the history behind each of your family favorites.

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