I love cooking. Or at least I love trying to cook. I have a great mentor (my mom) to guide me along, who just has a knack for it, making every meal seem effortless and delicious at the same time. I’ve asked her where she learned how to make this or where the recipe is for that and the answer is usually ‘she just knows’ or they now look like this:

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I actually think it has some character and I love the fact that it shows how much the recipes were used. However, it is getting difficult to read and pretty soon 1 cup of sugar might turn into 4. Which for some may not be a big deal but for those of us who are learning, every step counts! So, I suggested to my mom that I’d make her a book with all of our family recipes. And that’s how I found and fell in love with TasteBook.

TasteBook allows users to personalize a cookbook to suit their individual tastes either by searching for a certain meal or uploading their own favourite family dishes. The books come in a hardcover, which can be personalized and are bound like a binder making it easy to add or take out recipes.

The site is beautifully designed, easy to use and free to join! Chef or just starting out, I think this would make a great birthday gift, or as I’m planning, a Mother’s Day gift. Oh… and you may or may not get lost in the deliciousness featured on the site. Bon Appétit!

{images from sew_liberated via flickr}