Hot Tip: Sharing Family Favorite Recipes

September 10th, 2008

Food is an integral part of gatherings, so if you’re looking for some fun family food ideas for an upcoming reunion, why not ask each family member to bring their favorite childhood recipe?

A family potluck delivers an interesting mix of food that’s likely to spark conversation about how the recipe became a family favorite. As you chat about the origins of each dish, you’ll probably end up reminiscing about past gatherings and meal traditions across the generations of your family.

You can use these old family recipes to create a fun and cherished keepsake for each person who attends the reunion. Ask each family member to bring the recipe they used with them to the event, and use the recipes to create a souvenir family recipe book commemorating the event. You might want to have attendees email their recipes to you ahead of time. That way, you could compile the dishes and have a booklet put together that each person can take home from the event.

If you don’t want to collect recipes ahead of time, just have each person bring several copies to the event. You can pass them out and let each person assemble his or her own collection, or gather them and create a booklet to distribute to the attendees following the event. No matter how the family recipe booklet gets compiled, it’s sure to be a great tool for sharing family favorite recipes across the generation.

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