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2. The Richmond Public Library is creating a cookbook to celebrate the city's diverse culinary traditions! Richmond community members are invited to submit their own recipes that will be collected to create a Community Cookbook showcasing Richmond cuisines.

4. Guidelines

   To contribute a recipe to the Richmond Public Library Community Cookbook, please complete the form below.

   Please note that there is a limit of 1 recipe per person and that the submission of a recipe does not guarantee publication. The Library reserves the right to not include works based on content and length. Pieces of an entry may be used rather than the whole, but no editing will be conducted without author permission. In submitting a recipe you are confirming that it is an original recipe which you have the right to use.

6. Submitter*

   Name/Family Name as you want it to appear in the cookbook.

7. Email address*
8. City and/or neighborhood
10. Name of recipe*
11. Estimated Servings*

    Roughly how many people will this recipe serve?

12. Type of recipe*

    1. Appetizer
    2. Main Dish/Entree
    3. Side
    4. Sauce
    5. Dessert/Sweet
14. Recipe Significance/History

     (Who created it? How old is it?)

16. Ingredients List and Measurements*
17. Please use the following abbreviations
    • Tsp.=Teaspoon(s)
    • Tbsp.=Tablespoon(s)
    • Oz.=Ounce(s)
    • Pt=Pint
    • Qt=Quart
    • Lb./Lbs = Pound/Pounds
    • L.=Liter
    • G.=Gram
    • Kg.=Kilogram
    • Stick(s)=no abbreviation (Ex. A stick of butter)
    • Pinch=no abbreviation (Ex. A pinch of salt)
19. Recipe Instructions*

    Please number each step and be sure to include all relevant times for cooking, baking, freezing, along with all other applicable information.

21. Recipe Picture
22. Photo Caption
24. By submitting this form, you confirm that your submission is an original recipe which you have the right to use. You also grant permission to the Richmond Public Library to use your submission in an electronic/physical collection of recipes and/or for other promotional purposes. *

    1. I agree and consent
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25. 1. Receive an email copy of this form.
26. Email address

    This field is not part of the form submission.

27. Submit

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