Cherished Recipes

 With tomorrow being All Soul's Day, it's a time to remember loved ones that have passed. One of their legacies is food. It coul;d be a stew or a sauce , a holiday cake or cookie recipe. MIne is my one great grandmother's breadcrums soup  - pompeist recipe from the Val Susa in Piedmonte. This simple potage has gotten me through a lot. It's a mix of broth with stirred in eggs and then thickened  with breadcrumbs. It connects me with my past and my heritage.

What is your most cherished family recipe? Do you make it a lot or is it just for special occasions?

Cherished Memories and Recipes

Who hasn't relied on their Mom's lasagna or their Gran's advice for cutting vegetables? Family recipes are to be cherished, much like that of photographs and hand made items. The most important thing to do is cherish what you've been given - and that includes any dishes that have been passed down to you.

For a fun fall activity , collect all your recipes and make them with your kids. There's bound to be a dish from your childhood that you'd like to share with the next generation. Also it's a good time to organize your recipes as well (check Borders or Barnes and Nobles for recipe scrapbooks). Consider making these for the holidays. After all what person wouldn't want to have their family's special pie recipe to finish a Thanksgiving meal or those snickerdoodles wrapped up as a Christmas gift? Even get together with your siblings or cousins to recreate the meals you had when you were growing up.

Cherish all that's been passed down to you. This includes the recipes,aromas and tastes that shaped you as the foodie you are today.