Recipe Roots: Your family's recipes, in their own time
Companion post to Episode 9 of A Country Girl Rambles, "Recipe Roots: Your family's recipes, in their own time." A member's idea becomes a new feature, plus news and events from around the tree. You can also watch the episode on YouTube , where I share my screen and show the new family story box. I love it when a G2G comment turns into a real improvement! After I shared Recipe Roots , my little tool for turning a WikiTree family into a printable family cookbook, a member wrote such a lovely reply on my G2G post . (G2G stands for "genealogist to genealogist," and it's our community forum on WikiTree.) She remembered making a family recipe book as a gift for her nephew, and then she asked a question that really stuck with me: what about the stories around each dish? The stories behind the recipes Her questions were the best kind. What occasion was it made for? Did it come from the cook's cultural background? What feelings does it bring back? Those ...
