The family grimoire of recipes is a well-worn faux-leather three ring binder in my mother's kitchen. Some others that look fairly similar exist in the hands of my aunts, but none are identical. Each copy was hand-written by its keeper from the reference copy of my grandmother, also in possession of a hand-written grimoire handed down and modified.
Since then, things have changed. The three-ring binder format allows for flexibility. Some have been typed and set back in (mostly on a typewriter; I don't know that any have been computer processed). Magazine clippings have been pasted in, new things written in all colors of ink, changes made, and never-used sections removed.
I don't even have a hard copy of this book. Mine is built from scans and re-prints, and has been added to again in turn.
These are the recipes of my every day. Yes, all of them. From the Midwestern Granny food to the Asian and Tex-Mex influences, these are mine.