I collaborated with my aunt and my 95-year-old great aunt to compile a recipe book in 2023. My great-aunt is my grandmother’s only surviving sister, and she wanted to organize a family project. We used this as an opportunity to compile an oral family history, a memory book of photos that I had scanned after my grandmother passed away, a directory of addresses and contact info, and a complete genealogy based on earlier work that my aunt had done. It was a great opportunity to reconnect with far-flung members of the family, and for her to share memories of her life to create a meaningful legacy. This was my largest print run yet, with 2 books and 75 copies distributed to members of the family, and to my great-aunt’s friends, doctors, and other acquaintances.
