Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook

A project in Portland, ME by MBCC Team
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200 Recipe's Celebrating Maine's Culinary Past, Present, & Future
Backers: 282
Average Pledge Per Backer: $117

Funded: $33,078 of $30,000
Dates: Nov 20th -> Jan 10th (52 days)
Project By: MBCC Team
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Latest News

We did it! We met our funding goal! Now the fun begins!

January 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone! Just an excited quick note to say that moments ago, we reached our funding goal of $30,000! Now the real fun begins -- we get to make the Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook! Thank you to everyone who has pledged, sponsored,  and... (Read More)

We are almost there folks! Check out this recipe map!

January 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Friends! We are getting incredibly close to our completing funding goal! Earlier today we surpassed our bicentennial backer mark with our 200th pledge of the project, shortly followed by our 201st pledge, which put us over $27,000 raised. As I... (Read More)

Cooking is Community, The T-Shirt!

January 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Friends! We are getting so close to our goal! At this moment we are one cookbook order away from $24,000 and 80% funded. We need your help this week spreading the word about the Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook, and sharing the Kickstarter... (Read More)

Cooking Is Community!

January 5th - via: kickstarter.com
When we come together around food, we build community. Thanks to a wonderful and supportive community we are excited to report that as of this morning we are over the $20,000 mark, and 2/3 of the way to our final goal. We have pre-sold over 400... (Read More)

Happy Bicentennial New Year! We're on TV!

January 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
The MBCC Team with WCSH6's Rob Caldwell on the 207 show It's been an exciting start to the Bicentennial year! We were thrilled to join the WCSH6 207 show's Rob Caldwell in the News Center Maine studio this week to talk about the cookbook, the great... (Read More)

Happy Holidays and Thank You to Our Sponsors!

December 24th - via: kickstarter.com
We're almost halfway to our goal! We are so excited on this Christmas Eve day to announce that the Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook is almost halfway funded! Thanks to everyone who has pre-ordered the book and pledged their support at all levels... (Read More)

New Five Book Reward, plus Holiday Certificates

December 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook promotional postcards FIVE COOKBOOKS FOR THE PRICE OF FOUR! We got a request from a supporter to pre-order 5 copies of the Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook, and we thought, yes, but let’s sweeten that... (Read More)

Local Businesses! Join the Maine Bicentennial Food Celebration!

December 9th - via: kickstarter.com
The Orono Cookbook ca. 1905. Did you know that community cookbooks have traditionally been supported and funded by local businesses and community advertising? If you know a Maine business (especially a Maine food business -- but really any business)... (Read More)

Fight Hunger on Giving Tuesday!

December 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
The "Foss Girls": Ada Cobb, Barbara Herrick, Norma Littlefield, Myrtie Farrin, Louise Ernest, ad their dad, Roy Foss in Harmony, Maine As we begin to gather stories for the Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook, we are touched and humbled by what... (Read More)

MBCC partnering with Maine Public!

November 25th - via: kickstarter.com
We are thrilled to announce our Bicentennial partnership with Maine Public Broadcasting! Amateur recipe submissions to the Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook will automatically be entered into Maine Public’s 4th Annual Create It Maine Recipe... (Read More)

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