We started Family Meal when COVID-19 came to New York and restaurants closed. Fighting the pandemic by staying home and slowing the spread is important. To do what’s right, restaurants have had to close or operate at limited capacity, and many are struggling financially.
Family Meal is a project by illustrators and designers to help out New York restaurants. First, we were a website. Now we’re also a book.On our site, you can download a recipe from a restaurant and donate to their staff fund. Some amazing illustrators and designers have donated their time to design the recipes. (Everyone working on this project is a volunteer, so all funds go to the restaurants directly.)
The recipes are now available in a printed book. 100% of proceeds from the book (around $20 a copy) are donated to a New York restaurant employee relief fund organized by ROAR (Relief Opportunities for All Restaurants). Their fund can help restaurants all over the city.
We hope you like cooking all these recipes, donate what you can, and share with your friends.
Thank you to all the restaurants who found time to send us recipes and have fed us so many amazing meals, to all the designers and illustrators making creative work for us to enjoy, and the biggest thank you of all to anyone who donates their time, money, or support.
xo Family Meal
A NOTE
Each recipe links to whatever GoFundMe or Venmo the restaurant gives us. We’re connecting people to the restaurants directly so they can get the donations quickly and easily. We don’t hold onto the money or distribute it.
RESTAURANTS
Some of these restaurants are still open for takeout and delivery. If you have the means to do so, please order. (And tip your delivery person!)
Alidoro,
Aux Epices,
Buka New York,
Dimes,
Don Angie,
Elsa,
Fairfax,
Five Leaves,
Gennaro,
Gertie,
Gohan-ya,
Hi Hi Room,
Hot Bread Kitchen,
Jajaja,
Kichin,
Kiki's,
King Tai,
Kopitiam,
Lighthouse,
Mina*s,
North Miznon,
Peaches Hothouse,
Pies 'N' Thighs,
Popina,
Poppy’s,
Regina's Grocery,
Rice and Miso,
Roberta's,
Roman's,
Rucola,
Saraghina,
Sofreh,
The Smile,
Time Café,
Wayla,
West~Bourne,
Winner,
Win-son...
ILLUSTRATORS AND DESIGNERS
All of these people generously donated their time and talents to help out. If you’re in a position to hire an illustrator, please consider supporting one of these thoughtful people and their work.
Andrea Chronopoulos,
Antonio Carrau,
Bráulio Amado,
Carolyn Rhee,
Benedikt Luft,
Benjamin Niznik,
Catalogue,
Chris Harnan,
Crystal Zapata,
Ed Cheverton,
Erin Knutson,
Gabriella Picone,
Garrett Elizabeth Office,
George Wylesol,
Ghazaal Vojdani,
Ginko Yang,
Igor Bastidas,
Ikki Kobayashi,
Ilya Milstein,
Jack Taylor,
Jay Cover,
Jay Wright,
Jill Senft,
Joey Yu,
Josep Puy,
Julien Gobled,
Lam Lo,
Lauren Martin,
Lulu Lin,
María Medem,
Nejc Prah,
Patrick Kyle,
Paul Waak,
Pete Gamlen,
Ping Zhu,
Scott Barry,
Tessa Forrest,
Tim Lahan...
FONTS
This site uses
Times Dot by Laurel Schwulst and
Mabry by Colophon. Thanks guys!
Hi there. We’re
.We were a website, and then we were a cookbook, and now we’re sold out! We were a project by illustrators and designers to raise money for New York City restaurants and their employees. We were 38 recipes from 38 restaurants in 2,000 cookbooks, and we donated $40,000 to ROAR’s employee relief fund. We were made possible through the generosity and support of so many people who care about restaurants and helping each other, and we’re grateful to all of you. You can read more here.
THE BOOK
38 recipes
56 pages
8.5 inches x 11 inches
Full-color printing
$35.00
THE MATH
Family Meal was a pro bono project, with 100% of proceeds going to the employee relief fund. The math generally worked like this:
$35 THE PRICE
- $10 COST TO PRINT EACH BOOK
- $5 COST TO SHIP EACH BOOK
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= $20 DONATION FOR EVERY BOOK SOLD
THE DONATION
We sold 2,000 copies, and donated over $40,000.
HELP! I KNOW YOU'RE SOLD OUT
BUT I STILL WANT ONE!
We're all out of books, but you can download the recipes as PDFs below. There won't be a reprint.
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Thank you to all the thoughtful and generous illustrators and designers who donated their time and talents to make all these recipes look so good. Andrea Chronopoulos, Antonio Carrau, Benedikt Luft, Benjamin Niznik, Bráulio Amado, Carolyn Rhee, Catalogue, Chris Harnan, Crystal Zapata, Ed Cheverton, Erin Knutson, Gabriella Picone, Garrett Elizabeth Office, George Wylesol, Ghazaal Vojdani, Ginko Yang, Igor Bastidas, Ikki Kobayashi, Ilya Milstein, Jack Taylor, Jay Cover, Jay Wright, Jill Senft, Joey Yu, Josep Puy, Julien Gobled, Lam Lo, Lauren Martin, Lulu Lin, María Medem, Nejc Prah, Patrick Kyle, Paul Waak, Pete Gamlen, Ping Zhu, Scott Barry, Tessa Forrest, Tim Lahan...
DESIGN
Unless otherwise noted, recipes designed by
Decade.
FONTS
This site uses
Times Dot by Laurel Schwulst and
Mabry by Colophon. Thanks guys!
FIND OUT WHEN THERE’S NEW STUFF TO COOK
We’ll keep posting recipes as we get them. Give us your email and we’ll let you know whenever a new batch goes up.
