· Heirloom recipe books, one voice at a time ·

Preserve her recipes
before they're gone.

We record your mother's voice — her real voice, the way she actually cooks — and turn it into a hardcover book you'll open on Sundays for the rest of your life.

Founder pricing for the first 500 families. No subscription, ever.

[ KIMCHI ]
mom's kimchi
[ DOENJANG ]
sunday stew
우리집
엄마의
요리책
Mother's Cookbook
...you finish it with sonmat

· How it works ·

Three steps, six to eight weeks,
one book.

01

She speaks.

Hand her the phone, or set up a call. She cooks the way she always has — talking through it as she goes. No script.

02

We translate.

Bilingual editors render Korean to English, preserving the cultural phrases the dictionary doesn't have — 손맛, 간 맞춰서.

03

You open the book.

Cloth hardcover, smyth-sewn, copper foil title. Shipped in 6–8 weeks. The digital edition with her audio is yours forever.

Founder pricing · first 500 families

One purchase, no subscription, ever.

You're paying for editorial work — bilingual transcription, cultural-phrase translation, and a hardcover book printed in Iowa.

Digital

$99$119one-time

The bilingual web book + her audio, always playable.

  • Up to 40 recipes transcribed & translated
  • Bilingual web book — share a link with family
  • Original audio always playable, always saved
  • Cultural notes on Korean kitchen terms
  • Free updates as she records more
Start with digital
Most families pick this

Printed

$199$229one-time

Everything in digital, plus one cloth hardcover.

  • Everything in Digital, included
  • One hardcover, ~80–100 pages, 6×9 trim
  • Cloth wrap, copper foil title, smyth-sewn
  • Cream uncoated 100gsm paper
  • Personalized dedication page
  • Ships in 6–8 weeks, anywhere in the US
Start the book

Additional printed copies $69 each. Need to record more than 40 recipes? Talk to us.

· From families who started ·

Why families do this.

My mother died three months after we recorded the first ten recipes. I still have her voice explaining 손맛. That alone was worth everything.

[Customer name, City]kimchi & after

I'd been trying to write down my mom's mole for fifteen years. She'd say 'a little of this' and I'd give up. The book finally captures it the way she actually cooks.

[Customer name, City]mole, finally

We gave it to her on her 80th birthday. She cried, then we cried, then we ate her dduk-bok-ki from page 34.

[Customer name, City]the birthday book

Placeholder copy — replace with real customer quotes before launch

for parents who have everything —

Give the gift of her own book.

We'll send a printed gift card so she has something physical to open. She does the recording at her own pace, in her own kitchen. You handle the rest.

Spoken Kitchen — Preserve Family Recipes