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3 Ways to Preserve Family Recipes Before They're Lost

Photograph the handwritten cards, cook each dish to capture the real amounts, and add the story behind it. Three ways to save your family recipes for good.

What you'll learn

Photograph the card. One. Take a clear photo of every handwritten card, stains and all. The handwriting is part of the gift. A grease spot and a note in the margin tell more than any typed-up version ever could.
Cook and write. Two. Cook the dish once and write down what the card leaves out. A pinch of this, a handful of that. Pin down the real amounts and the oven time, so anyone can make it without you in the room.
Add the story. Three. Write a line about where each recipe came from. Whose kitchen, which holiday, who loved it. That little story is what turns a recipe into a keepsake the next generation will treasure.

Full transcript

One, take a clear photo of every handwritten card stains and all. The handwriting is part of the gift. A grease spot and a note in the margin tell more than any typed -up version ever could. Two, cook the dish once and write down what the card leaves out. A pinch of this, a handful of that. Pin down the real amounts in the oven time so anyone can make it without you in the room. Three, write a line about where each recipe came from. Whose kitchen, which holiday, who loved it? That little story is what turns a recipe into a keepsake. The next generation will treasure.

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