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RECIPE BOX & CARD KIT

RECIPE BOX & CARD KIT
$55.00

recycled
community voted (1141 votes)

Kitchen Helper

With enough space to hold up to 450 cards, this charming maple wood recipe box helps you cook up a storm without the mess of sticky pages and cumbersome cookbooks. Discreetly placed on your countertop, its organized system is the ultimate sous chef, prepared to feed you ideas and ingredients when you need them most. Its smart design allows you to store CDs alongside recipe cards for a mini catalog of foodie hits. Includes 150 cards made from recycled paper. Made in the USA.

  • Item ID: 20329
  • Materials: wood, recycled paper
  • 6.5" L x 6.5" W x 6.5" H, Card Dimensions: 5.5"W x 5"H

Robbie Cook

Robbie Cook began his product design career in 2005 with the creation of Knobstoppers - wine stoppers crafted from vintage doorknobs.

He has continued to use his artistic eye to transform vintage pieces into new and functional designs including lighting, hardware and home accessories. See all creations.

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1141 votes * 125 comments

jen
Vote: Thumbs down!

The cards don't appear to be a the standard size of an index card. I really don't want to have to copy my recipes from one set of cards to another. The box looks unfinished and prone to staining if left on the counter near the stove.

Crystal
Vote: Thumbs down!

Kind of cute but do people use recipe cards anymore?! Price point way too high.

Kathryn
Vote: Thumbs down!

just too expensive

Lisa
Vote: Thumbs down!

Expensive wooden box. I'm not big on written recipes - I prefer things saved digitally.

Angela

TOO EXPENSIVE.

Sanriobaby
Vote: Thumbs down!

Nice retro gift but overpriced.

Jen
Vote: Thumbs down!

Nice that the description mentions that CD/DVDs will fit.However, the wood appears to be quite thin and not overly durable. Too expensive for a small box.

Gigi
Vote: Thumbs up!

This is a neat gift and recipe boxes are hard to find.

Deborah
Vote: Thumbs down!

Who has recipe boxes anymore? All of mine are either in slick books or on my computer. I do dig the cool graphics, though.

Teresa
Vote: Thumbs down!

Way more than I want to spend!

Mallory
Vote: Thumbs down!

My uncle could make this for me, and then it could look however I want it to. I think it needs to be wider so it could hold the average recipe card size and not just ones that look to be the size of post-its.

Penny
Vote: Thumbs down!

ditto my remarks on the recipe book.

Jessica
Vote: Thumbs down!

again, too expensive, and not very useful. We are in a digital world, and as a chef myself, I don't have time to handwrite my recipes. It's all on my computer.

Deborah
Vote: Thumbs down!

Doesn't look like much for the money -- a thin wooden box.

amanda
Vote: Thumbs up!

Great gift and cool way to store your fav recipes

Linda
Vote: Thumbs down!

Pricey for a recipe box,lil too country for me.

Bibblie
Vote: Thumbs down!

WAY too pricey!

Josefina
Vote: Thumbs down!

Way too expensive.

Amanda

This would be way better in a standard 3x5 recipe card size. I like the utensils on top, but it's really impractical. And expensive! I'll stick with my index cards and plain plastic box from Staples...

Amanda
Vote: Thumbs down!

I like the idea but would never pay $55 for a simple wooden box

Bonnie
Vote: Thumbs up!

I agree, it should have a stain-proof finish. But I love the recycled paper, the cool size, the silverware design is great and it holds CDs and DVD's. I would use it near my computer for meal planning more than in the kitchen.

Marianne
Vote: Thumbs down!

I don't think people use recipe cards much anymore

Katy
Vote: Thumbs down!

I don't get it. What sets this apart from any other recipe box.

Marty
Vote: Thumbs down!

Too expensive and it looks like just plain wood without any finish. Not good for the kitchen.

Marilyn
Vote: Thumbs down!

So many out there as it is......I don't use my anymore.

ASHLEY
Vote: Thumbs down!

I actually do like recipe cards and good ones are hard to find. There are two problems here: the box is useless and you can only write on one side of the card. Just too expensive for those drawbacks.

Greta
Vote: Thumbs down!

Super cute, but a little pricey.

stephanie
Vote: Thumbs up!

too expensive

Diana
Vote: Thumbs down!

I agree...should have been standard size but I like the top a lot

MELISSA
Vote: Thumbs down!

love the decor/ design of the cards themselves but for about a tenth of the price! top design (silverware print) is cute, chic,

Melissa
Vote: Thumbs down!

Just seems a bit small. I prefer to have recipes larger so I can jot down notes and additional ideas on it.

Gayle

Lower the price and you've got a deal!

Jana
Vote: Thumbs down!

contemporary take on a classic design, but it does appear that it would stain easily and it does seem overpriced

Lauren E.
Vote: Thumbs up!

nice gift though very pricey

Elizabeth
Vote: Thumbs down!

price is too high. its looks like it cost 5 dollars to make with a stamp on top.

Mitzi
Vote: Thumbs down!

Way to pricey.

Tina Marie
Vote: Thumbs down!

cute idea, have seen it many, many times. just wouldn't pay this much for it !!

Amanda
Vote: Thumbs down!

i just dont use recipes enough, and though the "CD/DVDs of your favorite shows" seems practical- who keeps CDs/DVDs in their kitchen... you'd have to take them to the living room to watch them

Kathleen
Vote: Thumbs down!

WAAAY too expensive. It looks like a balsa-wood box. It would get ruined in the first few days of being in a kitchen.

stacey
Vote: Thumbs down!

go paperless

Jax
Vote: Thumbs down!

I can buy the parts to put this together for $5

susi
Vote: Thumbs down!

Doesn't look easy to store cards and have them easily accessible. Seems too deep. Also over priced for plywood!

Cathy
Vote: Thumbs up!

good gift for a foodie friend -- housewarming or wedding too. a bit pricey -- but like the customizable part of this...

Jeanne
Vote: Thumbs down!

we are moving away from recipe cards toward recipes online and on our computer

gail

Great Bridal Shower Gift. Include a blank CD

thomas
Vote: Thumbs down!

WTF?

Julie
Vote: Thumbs down!

Do they cards just stack? Talk about unorganized! Plus, $55 for a wooden box? Never.

Kathy
Vote: Thumbs down!

Nonstandard size with a boring box. It looks like 4 pieces of cheap laminate stuck together with a rubber stamp on top. Blah.

Barbara
Vote: Thumbs down!

Keep all my recipes on the computer now.

Celeste

Great design - WAY too expensive!!!

K. L.
Vote: Thumbs down!

not pratical

Elizabeth
Vote: Thumbs down!

Too expensive, plus the odd size means you're out of luck when the cards run out. SHOULD hold standard 3x5 cards instead.

judy
Vote: Thumbs down!

The wood box needs to have a finish on it so all those spashes and slops don't perminately mar it.

mindy
Vote: Thumbs down!

nothing new, ppl are more electronic now to store recipes.

Mary
Vote: Thumbs down!

Too expensive.

Deborah
Vote: Thumbs down!

Should be some way to put recipes from the internet on it

Connie
Vote: Thumbs down!

Not too exciting for price

debby
Vote: Thumbs down!

I don't use recipe cards anymore. It seems like an old fashioned idea to me.

Amy
Vote: Thumbs down!

We use computers now friends.

ntm
Vote: Thumbs down!

prefer larger recipes instead of cramming wverything into a small space.

heidi
Vote: Thumbs down!

The wood looks lovely, and the print on the top is cute. But I haven't seen anyone use a recipe box in ages. Nor have I seen people store cooking CDs or DVDs in a box. Everything is online. Think epicurious.com, where you can search by ingredients you have on hand, etc.

Janet
Vote: Thumbs down!

Really $55 for what looks like balsa wood box and cards?? You can't even use standard cards in the box so you would have to buy more of their size. No thanks!

Lily
Vote: Thumbs down!

too expensive for what it is.

artylady
Vote: Thumbs down!

again way, way too expensive

kathleen
Vote: Thumbs down!

appears too deep for practicallity

Karen
Vote: Thumbs down!

Not cute,attractive. Boring!


Vote: Thumbs down!

It's easy to find cute recipe boxes- this one looks like nothing! The price is way out of line too

Karin
Vote: Thumbs down!

Takes up more counterspace and I don't see how you would find anything in there.

Amanda
Vote: Thumbs down!

too expensive

Melissa
Vote: Thumbs down!

Again, who actually writes down recipes anymore?

Louise
Vote: Thumbs down!

Wow! This much money for something of very little use?

Johanna
Vote: Thumbs down!

I haven't see a receipe box in years - I just print them from websites and put them in a binder. Cute idea, just not practical.

Eileen
Vote: Thumbs down!

I see no reason at all for a price that high. It's just not that great or original.

teresa
Vote: Thumbs down!

boring -inconvient--etc

Debbie
Vote: Thumbs down!

who still uses cards in this day of computers?

christina
Vote: Thumbs up!

Thumbs up!

Becca
Vote: Thumbs down!

why is it so expensive?

Jessica
Vote: Thumbs down!

I wanted to give this a thumbs up b/c I think it's adorable, but it's just way too expensive. The one given to me at my shower was probably less than $10.

Mary
Vote: Thumbs down!

I like it but when I look at what it is, I would NEVER pay that much!!

Vanessa
Vote: Thumbs down!

Again, I need something I can access in a digital format. If this was a way to display recipes stored digitally, great. I need to access recipes when I am at the market, not pull the card, take it with me, lose it, stain it, etc... So 1956!

Kathleen
Vote: Thumbs down!

Who has time to write recipes, who has room for another thing on the countertop. In this day and age think computers.

Steven
Vote: Thumbs up!

I barely voted 'thumbs up'. I like the box but price is too high.

Wendy
Vote: Thumbs down!

Okay, you can store CDs alongside the recipe cards, but not the conventional recipe cards we already have. Not practical, unless one is truly starting from scratch in setting up a kitchen.

Heather
Vote: Thumbs down!

What's up with the price of some of these items? A wooden recipe box for $55???

Kathleen
Vote: Thumbs down!

Lots of people do actually still save recipes on cards, but not at this price. A pack of index cards for $2 and a little wood or metal box for $6 and you're set.

Suzanne
Vote: Thumbs down!

too expensive, not something I would ever use and I don't know anyone who would

k
Vote: Thumbs down!

lovely product but doesn't seem super practical. -no holder to prop up selected recipe card -limited space and every recipe already have would have to be rewritten on specialized card - and if a wooden box w/ 150 paper cards costs $55, i wouldn't expect refill cards being reasonably priced. -high aesthetic value but i could also go to the craft store and purchase everything i would need to make this for less that $55.it is charming though

Ruth
Vote: Thumbs down!

Cute box but weird looking size and priced to high for unfinished look of kit.

Heather
Vote: Thumbs down!

Like the silverware design on top, but it just seems very plain otherwise.And these days just not as practical with everyone saving things on their computer.And I think the price would be prohibitive.

Leslie
Vote: Thumbs down!

It will get dirty. Too expensive and people just don't collect recipes on cards like they did in the past.

Jennifer
Vote: Thumbs down!

Most of my recipes are online any more... not a big writer down of recipes.

Lauren
Vote: Thumbs down!

outdated and expensive. Competing with epicuirious and other online free recipie sites!

Michelle
Vote: Thumbs down!

The box looks like balsa wood....for $55?

Marion
Vote: Thumbs down!

everything is going digital - no more paper.

Stacy
Vote: Thumbs down!

I really don't undertand the price. Is this made out of Balsa Wood?

Jessica
Vote: Thumbs down!

nothing special about this. Just an expensive wooden box.

Katie
Vote: Thumbs down!

too narrow of a demographic for $55.

Mallory
Vote: Thumbs up!

Cute idea - WAY too expensive!

Lori
Vote: Thumbs down!

There's an app for that.

Jessica
Vote: Thumbs down!

Cute but too expensive

Ann
Vote: Thumbs down!

Too expensive, and recipe cards are an odd size. Most ppl use computer recipes or recipe memory/journaling books

Anne
Vote: Thumbs down!

Clunky looking

Alice
Vote: Thumbs down!

WAYYYYYY to expensive

Laurie
Vote: Thumbs down!

i like to have dividers to organize my written recipes

Kimberly
Vote: Thumbs up!

i gave this a thumbs up but the price seems a bit high for a wood box.

Kayla
Vote: Thumbs up!

Too pricey for this item, although I like the recipe box idea. No way I'd spend this much money on this item

margaret
Vote: Thumbs up!

I really like this recipe box, but the price seems very high.

Deborah
Vote: Thumbs up!

A bit spendy, but I could use one of these!

Noel
Vote: Thumbs up!

Price seems high

Judith
Vote: Thumbs up!

Like the size and sleekness of this. Right price, also.

Delyn
Vote: Thumbs down!

This is something my dad could make me and it definitely wouldn't cost $55.00. It's not even finished.

Lisa
Vote: Thumbs down!

I need something to help organize and hold all the recipes I print off the Internet - NOT another handwritten card box.

Jennifer
Vote: Thumbs down!

The idea is good, but it doesn't seem practical with the size of the cards. So many recipes now take up a full page in those cooking magazines, how am I going to fit it on one of those cards?

Marla
Vote: Thumbs down!

For those who still want a recipe box, $55 is far too high.

Joana
Vote: Thumbs down!

love item, loath the price tag

Marisa
Vote: Thumbs down!

The box is probably hard to clean, and is priced to high for a simple storage container with index cards.

Annamarie
Vote: Thumbs down!

way too expensive for a wood box -

JAMIE
Vote: Thumbs down!

weird size; do people use these anymore?

Diane
Vote: Thumbs down!

I hate to buy "projects" that aren't going to greatly improve my life

SUSAN
Vote: Thumbs down!

I don't know but $55 for a recipe card box seems a bit expensive. Plus it looks so deep. I don't understand how the cards would work in the box, plus the cards look bigger than the standard 3 x 5's.

Jessica Kate
Vote: Thumbs down!

Not practical as everything goes digital

Gretchen
Vote: Thumbs down!

too expensive

Darshna
Vote: Thumbs down!

limited use, and very pricey

Carolina
Vote: Thumbs up!

if it can fit 45o cards, that's exactly how many it should bring instead of only 150

Annie
Vote: Thumbs down!

This looks like something I could easily make myself for a fraction of the price.

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