Recipes and community cookbooks have evolved over time. These digital resources will give you a good idea of the ways in which cookbooks and their preservation have evolved over time.
Preserving family recipes is a process that takes time and creativity, but there are very few wrong ways to organize, collect, and share your recipes. Use these articles to inspire you as you consider how you will preserve the recipes that are most important to you!
Use this page to learn more about how to preserve family recipes and explore family culinary history.
One of the best ways to preserve a recipe is to explore the who, how, and why of the recipe. This Smithsonian article covers the basic steps for completing an oral history interview. These broad general steps can help to shape your interview, identify the best questions to ask, and guide you in creating a meaningful conversation with your interviewee.