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Family cookbooks are books which contain a variety of recipes collected by specific families. Whilst these cookbooks are sometimes later published, the concept is of a
Family cookbooks are books which contain a variety of recipes collected by specific families. Whilst these cookbooks are sometimes later published, the concept is of a commonplace book
Commonplace books (or commonplaces) are a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing information into blank books. They have been kept from antiquity, and were kept particularly during the Renaissance and in the nineteenth century. Such book ...
where useful recipes are retained and passed on to later generation
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The recipes can be developed by the family or collated from other sources – and may be so familiar to the family that the origin is forgotten or not acknowledged.
Family cookbooks as memory
Whilst the primary function of a family cookbook is as ascrapbook
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to collect recipes for various types of meals and cooking techniques, an important function is also to provide context and promote familial memory.
Scholars use these kinds of collected manuscripts to give insights into family history in the era when they were written, such as about gender roles, household environments, and women's emancipation.
Commercial family cookbooks
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, chefs, and notable families write and market family cookbooks which share their family recipes.
See also
*Family traditions
Family tradition, also called family culture, is defined as an aggregate of attitudes, ideas and ideals, and environment, which a person inherits from their parents and ancestors.
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References
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