I’ve always had a thing for old recipe collections where half of the recipes are illegibly written on 3×5 index cards and the other half are crude cutouts from magazines and newspapers.  They jam little recipe boxes so tight they are chore to get out. 

There is something nostalgic and sentimental about these collections that people took time to create, especially now when recipes are emailed off with the click of a mouse.  I’ve got an inbox full of recipes and while convenient, it’s also pretty vanilla. 

I was sent a link (by my favorite knitting/gardening blogger) recently for a website that combines these two worlds into one easy to use, but beautiful website: Recipe Curio

Recipe Curio has scans of old recipe index cards and cutouts, so you can enjoy the sights of those times now long gone.  Additionally, they type up the recipe for you so you can make some of these forgotten treasures.

Really a lovely site, I hope you check it out.

recipecurio.com

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