The journals are hard-backed, case bound with a ribbon book-mark, size 143mm x 206mm x 15mm with 128 pages made from FSC certified paper from well managed forests.
Do you remember that cake that your mother used to bake for you when you were young . . . the one where you used to lick the bowl?
What about that dish your father always created for special occasions?
Can you still taste that jam that your grandmother made from the fruit that grew in her hedge?
Are you still intrigued by that exotic home-made drink that your neighbour would offer you over the garden fence?
Food can produce powerful memories and yet we often forget to capture how to make some of our favourite things . . . recipes that will, one day, be lost forever.
This journal gives you the opportunity to ask your family or friends to record just how they really do make that delicious food.
This is the gift you give . . . and then you get it returned with an amazing collection of recipes and stories that you will treasure and pass down the generations.
"After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one's own relatives."
Oscar Wilde
Tell me the story of how you
learned to cook
. . .
What were some of your favourite childhood foods?
What were the first dishes you remember making?
Sweet shops bring back great memories . . . what would be some of your favourite sweets ?
How has the food you eat changed throughout your lifetime?
What family traditions about food or meals can you tell me about?
Describe what would make up your favourite meal . . .
Tell me about the best restaurants you have experienced . . .
Who has influenced you most with regard to food and cooking ?
Tell me about your most disasterous cooking experience . . .
If you could invite anyone, living or dead, to your dinner party , who would they be?
Recipe Name:
Tell me the story behind this recipe:
Ingredients:
Method:
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Share favourite recipes, secret cooking tips and fond food memories in this version. Cooking up Memories is a cook book with a difference as it's written specially for you by a friend or family member and includes a unique collection of recipes for some of your all-time favourite food and drink.
This journal contains a number of questions carefully designed to capture anecdotes and stories about this person's life with food in a deep and fun way . . . as well as space to capture the favourite recipes that have touched both your lives. It is to capture some of those wonderful dishes or drinks that they have made for you and others over the years.
Ask them to complete it carefully and, if they want to, add some photographs or images to personalise it more.
When it is finished and returned to you, this will be a record of an amazing collection of recipes and stories that you will treasure forever.
Scroll down to read some examples of the inspiring questions taken from this journal . . .
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