Is your recipe file a three-ring binder with color-tabbed dividers from Staples holding a mix of recipes clipped from magazines, printed from emails, and ones written out by hand?

Well, if you want to add some polish to your recipe organization or publish your family's treasured recipes in a great-looking book, try one of these two companies' offerings. Your venture into self-publishing may just become this year's most special holiday gift.

Blurb.com

Blurb is a self-publishing website for all kinds of books, not just cookbooks. Because of this, they offer various sizes and designs to choose from to create a unique and personal cookbook using layouts designed by commercial book designers. The prices can range from $12 all the way up to $200, depending how sophisticated you want your cookbook to be; they can be simple or something you'd think you could buy at your local bookstore.  To design your book, download Blurb's free BookSmart software application (for Mac or PC), then drag and drop photos, text, and recipes into your layouts. Blurb's versatility can be fun for the cook and artist in you. How easy is Blurb? Take a look at cookbooks made by other Blurb users, or download the Blurb software to start your own cookbook design.

Tastebook.com

Tastebook specifically creates cookbooks and partners with Epicurious.com. This partnership offers you the choice to create a book of your own recipes, one with all of your favorite Epicurious recipes, or a combination of both. It has an easy step-by-step video to guide you into making a personal spiral-bound recipe book for you and your friends and family. Tastebook's binder format lets you add new sections into your Tastebook over time all the way up to its 100 recipe capacity.