Start a scrapbook of family recipes

Collecting family recipes puts you in touch with your history. It’s also a great way to preserve a food legacy for your children and to get in touch with people you might not have talked with for a while.

This month, challenge yourself to identify people in your family who might have access to family recipes. Then, contact them to see if they have any. Save what you learn in a bound volume, computer file, or post them on a personal a website – whatever works.

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bwvlady
Posted July 03, 2008 at 05:37 PM

I have collected family receipes for years. I have a cookbook collection that includes my great grandmother’s cookbook.

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Posted July 03, 2008 at 06:50 PM

I collect my family’s favorite recipes and then share them at potlucks

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Posted July 08, 2008 at 11:28 PM

We made a family cookbook for my brother and sister-in-law for their wedding shower.

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Posted July 16, 2008 at 12:59 PM

I am in the process of gathering family recipes and will post them on a family website.

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Posted July 21, 2008 at 09:15 AM

I started collecting recipes for a book for my daughter’s college graduation.

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Posted September 16, 2008 at 10:46 PM

I have been doing this for years. I love the connection to history.