The recipe book
The family recipes, finally in a book.
Grandpa's truffade, Grandma's far, the cake everyone asks for. Photograph the handwritten cards: Pizan reads them and writes them out neatly. Everyone adds their dishes, their photos and the story that goes with them, and it's printed like a real cookbook.
The photo
Who made this dish, and for what occasion?
Type instead
Example · The Roux family recipes, in the Cantal
- Free to start
- Printed in the USA, delivered to your door
- Private by default
- Hosted in Europe
- Phone, tablet, computer
- Nothing made up
A spread
Every dish, with its story.
Sample photos and text.
The Roux family recipes
Sunday dishes
Grandpa Bernard's truffade
Grandpa Bernard only makes it in August, when the whole family has come up to Saint-Flour. Nobody else is allowed near the pan, he counts the stirs out loud, and he always serves the grandchildren first.
Ingredients
- 1.2 kg potatoes
- 500 g fresh Cantal tomme
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp lard
- Salt, pepper
Method
- Slice the potatoes thinly, without washing them.
- Cook gently in the lard, covered, for 25 minutes, turning them.
- Add the chopped garlic, salt and pepper.
- Off the heat, add the sliced tomme and stir until it stretches.
- Serve at once, with a green salad.
Grandpa's tip
Use potatoes that hold their shape, and don't skimp on the tomme: it should stretch all the way to the plate. If it doesn't, the heat was too high.
The family cookbook
Before the recipes are lost.
Grandma's cards, read for you
Photograph the card or the notebook: Pizan reads the handwriting and files the recipe (ingredients, steps, times, oven).
Every dish has a story
Who made it, for which occasion, what was said around the table: Pizan writes it in your words.
The whole family cooks
Everyone adds their dishes and a photo with them; Pizan sorts them into sections, like a real cookbook.
A real cookbook
Photos of the dish and the steps, clear recipe pages, a foreword, printed for every household.
The app
Your book, in your pocket.
Four screens, that's all. Pizan walks you through every step, so you never have to wonder what comes next.
Photos of the dishes
84 photos · 3 picked
Add to the recipes
01Pick your photos
Today's, a whole trip's, or old prints snapped flat on the table. The original is kept untouched, in full resolution.
The photo
Who made this dish, and for what occasion?
0:42 · Listening…Type instead
02Tell it out loud
One question at a time. Talk as you would to someone close; Pizan listens. Or type, if you prefer.
- ‹ The bookEdit
Sunday dishes
Grandpa Bernard's truffade
Grandpa Bernard only makes it in August, when the whole family has come up to Saint-Flour. Nobody else is allowed near the pan, and he counts the stirs out loud.
Written in your words
RewriteApprove03Pizan writes the page
In your words, never inventing a name, a date or a place. Fix anything with a tap; the page lays itself out.
Sunday dishes
Grandpa Bernard's truffade
Grandpa Bernard only makes it in August, when the whole family has come up to Saint-Flour. Nobody else is allowed near the pan, and he counts the stirs out loud.
Share this book
WitnessTells the story of a photo
ContributorSuggests photos and stories
Co-editorArranges the pages with you
WhatsAppMessagesEmailCopy link04Share and invite
A link over WhatsApp, text or email. Everyone adds their photos and what they remember.
On a computer
The big edit, on your computer.
Start on your phone, finish on your computer or tablet: same account, same book, always up to date, right in the browser.
- The real spread, exactly as it will be printed
- Drop in photos from your computer, all at once
- Styles, layouts, stickers, cover, spine and edge
- Every change saved, so nothing is ever lost
Sunday dishes
Grandpa Bernard's truffade
Grandpa Bernard only makes it in August, when the whole family has come up to Saint-Flour. Nobody else is allowed near the pan, and he counts the stirs out loud.
How many pages for this memory?
Layout
Grandma's card
A photo of the card, the recipe written out.
Pizan reads the handwriting, slanted or stained, and files the recipe. You read it over, fix it if needed, and the original card can stay in the book, as a photo, beside it.
What Pizan read
Coq au riesling
- 1 chicken (1.5 kg)
- 50 g butter
- 4 shallots
- 2 tbsp flour
- 50 cl riesling
- 250 g mushrooms
- 20 cl crème fraîche
- Chopped parsley
- Brown the chicken in the butter.
- Add the shallots and the flour.
- Pour in the riesling, simmer for 45 minutes.
- Add the mushrooms and cream. Serve with rice.
Step by step, in photos.
The potatoes in thin slices, unwashed.
Cook gently, covered, turning them.
Off the heat, the sliced tomme.
Stir until the cheese stretches.
Everyone shows their dish.
A photo of each cook with their dish, always against the same wall: the happiest page in the book.
Grandpa Bernard
August truffade
Inès, 13
Her yoghurt cake
Yann
Friday's buckwheat galette
Sharing
Share it at every step.
With your circle
A moment or a story shared with family in a private feed. Nothing is public unless you decide so.
Invite people to build it
Witness, contributor or co-editor: everyone in their place. Nothing goes in the book without your OK.
No app needed
A link is enough: they read, reply and add photos from the browser, with nothing to install.
The Sunday gazette
Every week, the family news by email, for the ones who never open an app.
Read online
Those far away leaf through the book online, from their phone or computer.
Publish your stories
On "Read", a public profile or one just for your circle: your stories, your places, your reading.
A copy for everyone
One private link and everyone orders their own, delivered to their door. Cheaper from 3 copies.
Publish and sell
An ISBN in your name and legal deposit; you set the price, we print and ship every sale.
“One ladle, no more. And wait for the little holes.”
Grandma Annick, in the Roux family book (example)
How it works
You gather the recipes, Pizan makes the book.
- 01
The recipes come in
A photo of the card or notebook, a recipe dictated out loud, or typed. Family add theirs through a link.
- 02
Pizan writes them out
Ingredients, steps, times, oven, and the story behind the dish. Sections form: Sunday dishes, desserts, celebrations.
- 03
The book is printed
A real cookbook, with photos of the dishes and the steps. A copy for every household.
Inside the book
What you can add.
- The original cards, as photos
- Step-by-step photos
- A foreword
- Holiday menus
- Grandma's utensils
- A copy per household
Everything Pizan does
Everything Pizan does for your recipes.
The card, read for you
A photo of the card or notebook: Pizan reads the handwriting and files the recipe.
A recipe, dictated
Tell it out loud while you cook: Pizan writes it.
The story behind the dish
Who made it, for which celebration, what was said at the table.
Cookbook sections
Sunday dishes, desserts, celebrations, nibbles.
The whole family cooks
Everyone adds their dishes and a photo with them.
Step-by-step photos
The steps of the dish in photos, on a page of their own.
A copy per household
Cheaper from 3 copies, delivered to each home.
Private by default
The recipes stay in the family.
Pricing
Free to start, a copy per household.
- Starting is free: your recipes, your photos, the layout.
- Order the printed book whenever you like; cheaper from 3 copies.
- For Pizan to write more each month: a plan from $3.90 a month, no commitment.
- Printed and delivered in 19 to 25 days. Card payment, secured by Stripe.
- For Christmas, order by November 24.
Questions
You might be wondering…
Can Pizan read my grandmother's handwriting?
Usually, yes, even slanted or stained. You always read it over before the recipe goes in the book.
Can we keep the original card?
Yes: the photo of the card can stay in the book, next to the written-out recipe.
Do we need photos of the dishes?
It's better, but not required: a recipe can stay without a photo, or with the photo of the card.
Can the whole family join in?
Yes, through a link: everyone adds their recipes, photos and memories.
How many recipes do we need?
About twenty make a lovely book; there's no maximum.
How much does it cost?
Starting is free. You pay for the printed book when you order it.
Get started
The first recipe, tonight.
Photograph one of Grandma's cards: Pizan reads it, and your book begins.
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