The Heirloom Recipe Journal — Original Edition
A handcrafted leather recipe journal built to last generations.
From family kitchens to professional ones.
This handcrafted leather recipe journal is designed to preserve the meals, memories, and traditions that matter most. Made with full-grain leather and archival-quality paper, it’s built to hold generations of family recipes — from handwritten favorites to notes passed down over time. Thoughtfully structured for everyday use yet durable enough to last a lifetime, this is a recipe book meant to be used, treasured, and eventually inherited.
Size
8"x10" – After years of making recipe journals, we’ve found 8×10 to be the ideal size for nearly everyone — substantial yet still practical, and meant to live open on a kitchen counter.
Page Layout Options
You have 2 options for how your pages are laid out–
Spacious layout – Your book comes with each recipe as a full spread, allowing for 80 recipes, and a lot of room on each page. Great for those with larger handwriting, very detailed recipes, or if you prefer an entire spread devoted to a single recipe.
Compact layout – Your book comes with a full recipe on each side of the page spread (Full recipe page on each left and right). This allows for 160 recipes; ample room to write recipes but not as spread out as Layout 1. Great for those with LOTS of recipes to write down.
160 Pages front and back with quality, acid-free, 80lb paper.
Cover Design
This handcrafted recipe journal features a full-length front fold-over flap, with a wrap-around leather strap enclosure.
Binding
Bound with traditional hand-sewn construction for durability and longevity.
Personalization
Personalization on this journal is done via the heat embossing method.
We use an old-fashioned style of personalizing your leather, called Embossing. Heat is pressed into your journal cover, leaving a gorgeous and rustic looking imprint that is permanent.
This includes your journal title such as family or chef name in the top center.
For any additional inscriptions on the journal, additional embossing or engraving is available in the Customization tab.
The embossing method includes alpha-numeric and special characters, is imprinted in Times Roman, and characters are 6mm (1/4") tall.
Special characters available include: (. ' , # @ ? ! " $ % & * : > < ; / \)
Craftsmanship
Handcrafted with care and attention to detail
Materials
Premium, full-grain, USA leather and archival-quality paper
Design
Timeless design meant to age beautifully
Longevity
Built to withstand years of use and handling
Meaning
Preserves handwriting, recipes, and family stories
Purpose
Created to be used, shared, and passed down
If you plan to use it often and value craftsmanship, this journal was made for you.
- Home cooks preserving family recipes and traditions
- Parents and grandparents passing down handwritten favorites
- Professional chefs documenting their original creations
- Bakers refining formulas and techniques
- Culinary students building their first personal archive
- Anyone searching for a meaningful and lasting gift for a loved one
- Create your journal with the drop-down menus.
- Add your personalization in the Personalization Box.
- You may also add further customizations from the Customizations tab.
Our leathers are USA tanned, premium full-grain cowhides chosen for their rustic yet beautiful character.
Due to the nature of the authentic leather hides, there will always be variation and uniqueness from one journal to the next.
Each hide will have some degree of "pull-up," which refers to color variation where the leather is creased or bent; which gives the rustic and distressed appearance. Pull-up creases go away with rubbing the leather with a cloth or by hand.
Finished in heritage leathers
Layouts that work for you
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