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“Made a family cookbook for my mom's 70th birthday. Every aunt cried. The lay-flat binding is perfect — it stays open on the counter.”
Cookbook printing
Print your cookbook — family recipes, food blog, restaurant menu, or your magnum opus.
Full-colour interior, lay-flat binding, kitchen-safe paper. Print one for the family or a hundred for the shop — same craft either way.
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Recommended specs
The specs we'd suggest.
Of course you can override any of these — these are the defaults we've found work beautifully for food.
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8.5 × 11"
Landscape works too — leaves room for a photo and recipe side-by-side.
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Hardcover
Stands up to kitchen splatter. Premium feel for gifts.
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Full colour
Food photography needs vivid, accurate CMYK printing.
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Lay-flat binding
Stays open on the counter while you cook — no hands needed.
Pricing examples
A few real-world cookbooks.
Indicative prices — your exact quote depends on page count, paper choice, and quantity. Get yours in three minutes.
Family recipe book
Mom's 70th birthday
- • 60 pages, full colour
- • 8.5×11" hardcover, lay-flat
- • 5 copies
~$XX each
Restaurant menu
Seasonal menus, in bulk
- • 32 pages, full colour
- • 5×8" paperback, matte
- • 50 copies
~$XX each
Food blog book
"Best of" collection
- • 180 pages, full colour
- • 8.5×11" hardcover
- • 1 copy
~$XX
Cookbooks we've printed
Real customer projects.
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Cover
Spread
Recipe page
Binding detail
What customers say
The kitchen is the heart of the home.
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“Beautiful menu prints for our restaurant. Daniel worked with us through three rounds of tweaks until the colours matched our dishes perfectly.”
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“Five years of blog posts in one beautiful hardback. The colour reproduction is honestly better than my screen.”
Cookbooks questions
A few specifics for food books.
Can you print recipes from Word or Google Docs?+
Yes — send what you have. Our team will lay it out into a print-ready cookbook format and you'll approve every detail before printing.
What resolution should my food photos be?+
300 DPI at print size is ideal. We can usually work with lower-resolution images for personal projects, but for crisp commercial-quality results, 300 DPI is the standard.
Can I add an index, table of contents, or recipe categories?+
Absolutely. Send us a list of recipes and how you'd like them grouped — we'll handle the typography and pagination.
Is the paper kitchen-safe? Can it survive splatters?+
We recommend a coated paper stock (matte or gloss) for cookbooks. It wipes clean and resists oil staining far better than uncoated paper. Hardcover with a soft-touch finish is the most durable combination.
How long does a 100-page cookbook take?+
Typically 2–3 weeks total: 2–3 days for proof, your revision time, then 7–10 days for full-colour printing and shipping. Rush available if you have a deadline.
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