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It’s Family History Month!
Join us for a special episode of Passing the Plate as we celebrate Family History Month with the esteemed genealogist and Genealogy Gems podcast host, Lisa Louise Cooke. In this episode, Lisa shares her passion for family food stories, offering insights and tips on how to uncover and preserve your own family recipes and traditions.
Get ready to be inspired as our guest shares heartwarming anecdotes about her family’s food traditions. Discover how these recipes have shaped her identity and connected her and her husband to past generations. We’ll also explore practical tips for tracking down those treasured family recipes, from old cookbooks to oral histories.
We are thrilled to share our first guest episode with you. We are sure your curiosity will be sparked, you will be as excited as we are to search out those delicious stories in your own family tree.
Meet Lisa Louise Cooke, Host of Genealogy Gems Podcast
Lisa Louise Cooke is the author of several books including The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox, 3rd edition. She produces and hosts the popular Genealogy Gems Podcast (founded in 2007) and publishes weekly videos at the Genealogy Gems YouTube channel. She offers a Premium Membership service at her website at https://lisalouisecooke.com featuring exclusive on-demand genealogy education. And she writes a regular column for Family Tree Magazine and produces the Family Tree Magazine Podcast.
Find Lisa at:
- Genealogy Gems Website: https://
lisalouisecooke.com - Genealogy Gems YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.
com/genealogygems - Free email newsletter: https://
lisalouisecooke.com/ newsletter-form/ - Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/lisalouisecooke @lisalouisecooke (boards on vintage cookbooks, recipes and kitchens)
Resources
Keep exploring and learning about your own family history and culinary heritage in the resources below:
- Family History Never Tasted So Good! – Lisa Louise Cooke’s post on sour cream drop cookies
- Spicy Sautéed Beet Greens with Garlic Chips
- Ground nutmeg
- Whole nutmeg
- Newspapers.com
- Chronicling America
- Find Family Recipes in Old Newspapers on Genealogy Gems.
- Find vintage cookbooks in home economics collection of Archives.org
- Google books
- National Library of Medicine Cookbook Section
- Etsy
- Custom fabric
- Custom handwritten recipe tea towels
- Custom handwritten recipe aprons
- Custom handwritten recipe placemats
- Custom handwritten recipe wallpaper
- Custom illustrated recipe greeting cards
- Listen to our interview on Episode 287 of the Genealogy Gems Podcast (Published in Sep 2024)
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