When I receive a recipe from someone and add it to my personal recipe book, I always add the person's name along with the date they gave it to me. Looking back at recipes that girlfriends gave me 30 years ago often reminds me of the time when I first tasted that food and the event surrounding it. Memories!
My brother in law has his mother's recipe book, hand written in Italian. She started it in Italy when she was 13. Recipes from her mother and grandmother. I've been bugging him for years to get it translated!
I really enjoyed today's posting Sarah. I have 11 binders of recipes that I've taken from so many sources, mostly newspapers and community newspapers. One day I will go through them and attach names and sources to them.
When I receive a recipe from someone and add it to my personal recipe book, I always add the person's name along with the date they gave it to me. Looking back at recipes that girlfriends gave me 30 years ago often reminds me of the time when I first tasted that food and the event surrounding it. Memories!
My brother in law has his mother's recipe book, hand written in Italian. She started it in Italy when she was 13. Recipes from her mother and grandmother. I've been bugging him for years to get it translated!
Great insights! Reminded me of a paper I read a while ago about how important the mother-daughter culinary link is: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mcn.12555.
I really enjoyed today's posting Sarah. I have 11 binders of recipes that I've taken from so many sources, mostly newspapers and community newspapers. One day I will go through them and attach names and sources to them.