They said, "No one would come!"

I dream daydreams. Most of them live short lives and then disappear but then there are dreams that linger for decades.
My sister and I would talked about ways we could pass our family recipes on to our children and grandchildren and that we "really should put together a family cookbook". Adding more fuel to the 'recipe dream'. It never happened as she passed away before she retired and we could not start our book.
Google arrived on the scene and everyone said, "no one would buy a cookbook when they could google it". They all said "No one would come!".

My 'field of dreams' would not die. I went back to my original recipe dream back in the 1970's where I dreamt I sold one recipe at a time from my Family Recipe Box. Each recipe would be designed by me with images from family stories of gardens, travel and history.
My idea was met with "No one will buy ONE recipe!" "No one will come!".

All too soon I hit the age of 70 years old and I was still daydreaming recipes. I was running out of time and needed to "BUILD and not worry about whether they will come or not!"
I started experimenting to see if my recipes would fit on the Zazzle.com postcards and after days of adjusting and designing I finally published my first recipes and a couple of months later someone bought ONE recipe.

I did the Granny Happy Dance!

My personal field of dreams went to the world stage and "the people came"! Now you can Google 'recipes GramaBarb' and you will find my recipes. Now Google works for me not against me.

The first three Recipe Postcards that sold are:
Lemon Recipe (2011)
to 1. CT
to 2. NY
to 3. Russia

Lemon Recipe Postcard by gramabarb

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Italian Recipe went to New York, NY

Eight of my Italian Recipe cards traveled to New York City. I have no way of knowing if they went to Little Italy, NYC but I hope they did. My sisterinlaw gave me this recipe from Venice, Italy.

Italian Dessert Recipe Postcard by gramabarb
More Recipe Postcards

My sisterinlaw is Roberta Rich and the author of the international bestseller "Midwife of Venice". What caused this book to become so popular is because Roberta did endless research into the lives of 16th century women in Venice. With a clear picture of life then she set about to develop the character of Hannah who suddenly came to life and the world immediately fell in love with Hannah.

The Midwife of Venice



Thank you for visiting.

Clifton Park, NY - Read the Book!

To appreciate the personality of Clifton Park, NY, you will want to read the book:

Clifton Park (Images of America)
It contains more than a century of images from 1875 to 1950 about life in and around Clifton Park, NY.
I feel so honored that my Zippy Meatballs Recipe travelled to this historic town.

Clifton Park is a suburban town in Saratoga County, New York, United States.

Thank you for visiting Clifton Park, NY



Update June, 2014 one of my favorite recipes went to Clifton Park, NY. We have these Crab Cakes for dinner often as they are easy to make and always tasty.

Crab Cakes Recipe Postcard by gramabarb
Design your own picture postcards on zazzle.

Syracuse, NY Embraces Winter

Following 3 Recipes to Syracuse, NY in the Winter. One of the recipes is a delicious Winter Soup

Sausage & Leek Soup Recipe Postcard by gramabarb

The news headline that caught my attention when I wanted to know "Whats happening in Syracuse?" was Record April snow falls in Syracuse to take the lead in the Golden Snow Globe
Did you know that every year there is a contest for the 'snowiest city in the US'? This year,2013, Syracuse won the award. Kids are still making snow angels:

photo source

Nature lovers embrace winter by going to great lengths to help wild birds survive the cold and deep snow as you will appreciate when you watch this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=847eRThiQb8
It is a place where they attach a 'plowcam' to the front of the snowplow to record the event.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYlHdb_62DA
A bike ride on the Creekwalk in Syracuse to Onondaga Lake is a perfect way to end our visit to Syracuse, NY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23ou4sLrZWs

Onondaga Lake Park in the northern suburbs of Syracuse and attracts over one million visitors each year.
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Two more recipes that traveled to Syracuse and I am so happy they did! Thank you!

Design by: gramabarb
Carrot and Beet Cake Recipe

Design by: gramabarb
Carrot Cookies Recipe

Thank you for visiting Syracuse with me!

We are going to New York, New York

Two recipes went to New York, New York which caused me to burst into song and dance. Start singing New York, New York as we tour this great city!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqlJl1LfDP4

A photograph montage of New York City

We all know the most famous tourist attractions in NY but do you know where to go if you want to rub elblows with celebrities? Here is a list of Hotels where they hang-out Hotels for Celebrity Sightings

One of my biggest regrets when visiting New York city was not going to Central Park. We will go there now!
New York City's Central Park Tour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-rmqU_lDK0
Since I am a Birder I have to include them in our Central Park visit and it seems I am not the only one who love birds! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIewN_hfMLc

(photo source wikipedia)
Thank you for purchasing these 2 recipes, New York!
Lemon Recipe
GramaBarb's Carrot Cake
Meet the people of New York
A photographic census of New York City - book release 2013