This year I hope to complete a special project for my children. We have a long history of cooks in our family. My daughter is a personal chef. I had a great uncle who owned a diner with renowned chili. So, I have all of the family recipes (I’m now part of the oldest generation. Many of the recipes are in the handwriting of the maker, so I’m pulling together a cookbook with the secret and not so secret recipes, sprinkled with family lore and photos. Thank goodness my Father and my Grandmothers were horders. There are lots of materials from which to choose. My Appalachian ancestors will live on in this book.
