Keeping Family Recipes
How to write down a family recipe that others can follow
How to turn a recipe held in memory into clear written steps, covering the ingredient list, step order, measurements and describing texture so others can follow it.
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Keeping Family Recipes
Writing down, testing and sharing the recipes you love most, from interviewing older relatives to turning handwritten cards into a cookbook the family can use.
Keeping Family Recipes
Interviewing older relatives about the dishes they cook
How to plan and record an interview with an older relative about their cooking, from preparing open questions to checking quantities and storing the recipes safely.
Keeping Family Recipes
Testing a handed-down recipe before serving it to guests
How to trial an inherited recipe before a gathering, with a first run at its written yield, a second run at full size, a change log and a scaling check.
Keeping Family Recipes
Turning loose family recipe cards into a shared cookbook
A step-by-step plan for turning a pile of handwritten family recipe cards into one shared cookbook, from sorting and transcribing to scanning, photos and sharing copies.