3.23.17 Update
A couple people have been asking about using this template for commercial use. I’ve added it my Etsy shop with all the licensing information over there. Working on adding new features to the Etsy version now. Let me know if there are any you would like to see!
My mom is an amazing cook with a recipe book overflowing with printouts & handwritten notes. To brush up on my graphic design skills & to wrangle all my family’s favorite recipes into one place, I started “The Meschia Family Capsule Collection Cookbook”.
I love this digital cookbook because it can be easily updated and converted to a pdf for printing or sharing. The template is available as an InDesign template and now a Word Doc. Use it to store all your Thanksgiving recipes this year!
Some Important Notes:
To use as shown you’ll have to download the font Orator Std.
This template is distributed under Creative Commons license Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0), so be sure to credit back & share!
I can’t wait to see what you guys do with it. And if you need any help, feel free to reach out!
Piece of Pear Pizza 
Easy, Healthy Lunch: Sweet Potato Quesadillas 
Refreshing Batch Watermelon Thyme Gin Slushes 
Hi! I absolutely LOVE this template. It’s positively fabulous! But, while I have ID, I think I have the older version (CS3), so it won’t open. I was wondering if it would be possible for you to share a version of it that might be compatible with older programs, and if not, that’s totally okay too! Thanks!
HI ROBIN! SORRY TO GET BACK TO YOU SO LATE. NEVER GOT AN EMAIL ABOUT A COMMENT POST :S. I ACTUALLY MADE A WORD DOC VERSION FOR SOMEONE RECENTLY AND CAN LOOK INTO SAVING FROM CS5 TO A CS3 VERSION FOR YOU! YOU CAN EMAIL ME AT CTRLCURATE@GMAIL.COM AND I CAN GET THAT TO YOU BY THE WEEKEND? IF YOU DON’T WANT TO EMAIL, I’LL UPDATE THIS POST THIS WEEKEND AS WELL WITH THE WORD DOC & CS3 VERSIONS 🙂
Thank you for the WORD version. After my mother passed away, I found a rough draft of a recipe book that she and her sister had started to put together – so now I can not only finish it, but also do it with a very elegant template, thanks to you
Hi Sunny,
A cookbook sounds like the perfect way to honor your mother and aunt. Please feel free to reach out with any questions or send pictures of the finished piece!
wheres the dl link for the template?
Hi Dylan! You can click the blue ‘Word’ or ‘InDesign’ in the post to take you to the corresponding file.
Can I create the cookbook in another language besides English. Looking to write the recipes in Czech language
Hi! I haven’t tried using it for any other language, but if you design/document editing program supports Czech, you should be able to! I know someone who bought the template for a Spanish cookbook and she was able to 🙂
Hello! I am getting ready to purchase this to use for my cookbook series. I will start off writing ebooks, but was wondering if this format can be used to print a cookbook as well? If yes, what size? Thank you for this beautiful design!
Hi Dimitra! The template is setup for standard 8.5×11 printing, but depending on where you get your cookbook printed you might have to adjust the size & margins based on their print standards. Several people who have purchased the template have gotten their books printed through Createspace or Blurb (though I am an affiliate of Blurb for full disclosure).
I’m not sure how many pages or what kind of margins you will need for your piece, but after downloading the template you can adjust the margins based off Createspace’s recommendations (This link is helpful! http://www.goingmobo.com/indesign-margin-gutter-for-createspace/).
I like using Blurb for one off prints because their InDesign plugin makes taking care of margins simple. (www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=575129&U=1431114&M=31260&urllink=).
Hope this helps 🙂
Beautiful template. I’m going to be using this to make a cookbook for my family of my late grandmothers cherished recipes. I’ve been looking for a clean and classic template and this really fits the bill. Thanks very much for making and sharing this with everyone!