Frey to speak Nov. 11

Valerie Frey, author of “Preserving Family Recipes: How to Save and Celebrate Your Food Traditions,” will explore various aspects of families’ heirloom recipes. She will speak Friday, Nov. 11, at the Georgia Archives as part of its free Lunch and Learn lecture series.

From Uncle’s barbecue sauce to Grandma’s cobbler, family recipes fill us with nostalgia and draw us closer to family – if they have been saved and if they actually work right, that is.  So what can you do if a beloved recipe is sketchy, horribly outdated, impossible to read, or unwritten? How can you make sure those old handwritten recipes (as well as heirloom photos and kitchen artifacts) last for future generations? And did you ever stop to look at your recipes with a historian’s eye, exploring what that family recipe may be telling you between the lines?  

The program requires no registration and is free and open to the public.