Cutting Board with Recipe

A Family Recipe Cutting Board, Engraved in Their Own Handwriting

For the daughter who still makes Grandma's pie crust, the siblings who all want a copy of Dad's sauce, or anyone who'd love to see that handwriting in the kitchen again, this cutting board with recipe turns a worn index card into something that lasts. Upload the recipe and we laser engrave it into cherry or maple just the way it was written, right down to the "Love, Mom" at the bottom. It's the gift customers tell us brought tears at the table, the good kind.

Why This Cutting Board with Recipe Is So Lovable

• The recipe is engraved in the handwriting you send us, so it looks like the card it came from and not like a font.
• No handwritten copy? Type the recipe and we'll engrave it in a handwriting-style font instead.
• It comes in four styles: a round solid cherry board with a handle, a small rectangular board in cherry or maple, and a larger round board in maple.
• It's made for display and serving. Stand it on the counter where everyone can read it, or bring it out to serve cheese, fruit, or dessert.
• It's finished with food-grade mineral oil and arrives in a muslin bag, ready to give.

Every family has one: the recipe that shows up at every holiday, written on a card that's gone soft at the corners and picked up a few stains along the way. The trouble is there's only one card, and everyone wants it. One customer sent us her dad's meatball and spaghetti sauce recipe on a badly stained card. We cleaned up the scan, engraved it, and at Christmas she gave a board to her sister and each of her three kids, and kept one for herself.

Every board is sanded by hand in our Hampden woodshop in Baltimore, then laser engraved in the same shop. The round board with a handle is solid cherry, cut to shape by hand. The others are butcher block made from American cherry or maple. Cherry warms to a deeper red over time, and maple stays light and bright. Because the engraving follows the card line for line, the quirks come through too: the slanted letters, the note squeezed into the margin, the signature at the end. This is a board for display and serving, not for cutting, and that's what keeps the recipe looking sharp for years.

Customers give this board for Christmas, Mother's Day, and birthdays, and often to remember a parent or grandparent who's no longer at the table. More than one has come back to order another recipe for a sister or brother. And because we plant a tree in the U.S. for every board we sell, the gift gives back a little, too. It's a way to keep their cooking, and their handwriting, in the family for another generation.

Make It Yours

Choose your board style, then upload a scan or a clear, well-lit photo of the recipe right on this page. If you don't have it in their handwriting, type the recipe and we'll set it in a handwriting font. Want to see it first? Ask for a proof when you order and we'll send one before we engrave. Not sure it will fit, or worried the card is too faded? Call, text, or email us before you order and we'll take a look.