Tasting Journal

Bridal Shower Gift: Cookbook w/ Recipes from Family and Friends

It’s like wedding fever around here. It seems like almost everyone around me are either engaged or have recently gotten married. Kim and Rex are getting hitched in November, and last weekend was Kim’s bridal shower. The shower was held at her parents’ house in the backyard, which was beautiful. The refreshments table outside consisted of bottles and bottles of wine and champagne, and the dining table inside was covered with delicious dishes… Vietnamese spring rolls, dumplings, pasta, grilled shrimp, egg rolls, and the list just goes on… I was totally stuffed and drunk by the end of the afternoon!

So for her shower gift, Katherine, Roman and I were contemplating for a while as to what to get her. Finally for one of her gifts, we decided to put together a cookbook with recipes from her family and friends. The results were fantastic! Kim’s sister, CiCi, emailed us a list of people attending her shower (along with their mailing addresses and emails), and Katherine sent out an email telling everyone about the cookbook. People were instructed to either email us a recipe and photo (of themselves with Kim) so that we could put their page together for them, or they could construct the page themselves (and we’d mail them a scrapbook page).

The book was a success! We received awesome recipes from almost everyone, and Kim loved the book! I even kept a few of the recipes for myself to try out later! :)

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