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b'Published August 8, 2012 In the last episode we took a big bite of food family history, and in today\\u2019s episode I\\u2019ve got part 2 of my interview with Gena Philibert Ortega, author of From the Family Kitchen: Discover your Food Heritage and Preserve Favorite Recipes. MAILBOX: From Alvie in Lakeland Florida: \\u201cWould it be possible to share the recipe for the cookie - was it a sour cream cookie?\\xa0 The one your husband loves.\\xa0 My wife loves to bake cookies to share and she has all sorts of recipes and folks rave about her cookies.\\u201d Lisa\\u2019s Answer: You\'ll find the sour cream cookie recipe that I talked about in the interview at the bottom of a blog post that I did a while back called \\u201cFamily History Never Tasted So Good\\u201d\\xa0 You\\u2019ll see a picture there of my husband with his Nanna, and at the bottom of the post just click the image of the cook book page and it will be large enough to read the recipe. From Tina: \\u201cI\'ve just been watching your video about the Toast-tite.\\xa0 I remember we had something similar (although it wasn\'t called a Toast-tite) when I was growing up in Brazil - except that it was square (kind of makes more sense when the bread is square ...) and it made simply the best toasted cheese sandwiches ever! And when I went back to Brazil in the mid-1980s, you could STILL buy them!\\xa0 I wish I still had one - they were far better than the electric toasted sandwich maker that I bought later on ... I love foodie memories!\\u201d\\xa0 From Laurie in Ridgefield, WA: \\u201cI want to share with you a craft project that I created for my two grown sons.\\xa0 I didn\\u2019t realize at the time that what I created fit into the topic you have discussed about how to get the family involved in history.\\xa0 At the time I not even created a family tree yet!\\xa0 As I am sure you are aware we pass down recipes within a family and as it grows and moves away those tastes of \\u201chome\\u201d are often missed. It could be Grandmas bread baking or an aunts cookies. Memories etched deep in our senses.\\xa0 Both of my boys have called me from the grocery store to ask how to cook a favorite dish. This got me to thinking close to the holidays about a homemade cook book filled with family favorites.\\xa0 I scoured the old copy of the church fund raiser, a cookbook my mother in law submitted recipes too.\\xa0 Digging up more favorites from my recipe box and contacting family members asking them for a favorite recipe along with any story that went with it.\\xa0 I then purchased blank cookbooks in a binder style.\\xa0 Transcribed onto the computer as documents printed to PDF, each recipe has its own page that lists the person\\u2019s name and any story & tips.\\xa0 This gift turned out to be the highlight of the day and they poured over it and then I heard them talking about the food and memories.\\xa0 Now, my boys tell me when I cook something new and very good\\u2026 that\\u2019s one for the book.\\xa0 It has turned out to not be just a book on a shelf but one they use often.\\u201d From Carol in Flagstaff, AZ: \\u201cI have several interesting cookbooks pertaining to my history. One is a Joy of Cooking, published during WWII, which includes a section on meal planning during rationing. The other is from a Norwegian heritage society in Seattle\\u2026What would be good ways to share this information with other Family Historians?\\xa0 (I could scan portions of the books.)\\u201d Lisa\\u2019s Answer: Be sure to check the copyright of the old cook books you have. Do a Google Search on \\u201ccopyright guidelines\\u201d for more information.\\xa0 I think a great way to share them would be to blog about them.\\xa0 And if you want a quick and easy way to start blogging for free watch my How to Blog Your Family History Videos at the Genealogy Gems YouTube channel at Blogging is not only a great way to share with your family and friends, but your articles will be searchable by Google which means other folks out there who are interested in the same things can find your blog and comment. And chances are you could possibly use brief excerpts of the books in an editorial fashion in a blog, but again just read through some of the copyright guidelines available online. You could also create a book where you share the original recipe, then include \\u201cyour take\\u201d on the recipe, and include photos of you making the dish and old family photos that tie in.\\xa0 I have a series of Premium Podcast Episodes with videos that show you how to use print on demand services to create your book quickly and easily online, and affordably. The beauty of print on demand is that you only pay for exactly the number of books you want.\\xa0 There\\u2019s no minimum order number. And if your family and friends want a copy than can buy it right from the website rather than you having to be the middle man, which is especially nice for folks who live across the country from you. From Sean: \\u201cI enjoyed that episode and it got me thinking of our cookbooks.\\xa0 I\'ve got a recipe box that came to us via my wife\'s grandmother that I\'ll be taking a closer look at this weekend.\\xa0 As for me, my first cookbook was a copy of The Joy of Cooking that my parents bought me when I first left for college.\\xa0 Although as the family chef I haven\'t made a lot of markings in it yet, we have pressed many leaves and flowers between its pages (within wax paper between the book\'s pages).\\xa0 Several of the leaves and flowers are still there, but now with our 20th wedding anniversary tomorrow, I\'m going to take some time with Jennifer to see if we can identify where and when those artifacts were saved.\\u201d Lisa\\u2019s Answer: I think it would be great if you starting making notes in the margins \\u2013 like that a recipe is someone\\u2019s favorite dish, or the first time you make it \\u2013 I think we could all do some of that to share a little more with our descendants. \\xa0 GEM: Culinary Family History with Gena Philibert Ortega Part 2 In this gem I\\u2019m going to welcome you back to the warmest room in the home, the kitchen. Here amongst the pots and pans we are going to meet back up with my friend Gena Philibert Ortega, author of the book From the Family Kitchen: Discover your Food Heritage and Preserve Favorite Recipes. In the last episode #137 we talked old cookbooks, where to find them, and what they can tell us about our family history. In the final part of this interview I get to turn the table on Gena a bit and ask her some food family history questions that she encourages her readers to ask in their families.\\xa0 When you click this\\xa0link to buy Gena\\u2019s book you are helping to financially support the free Genealogy Gems Podcast at no additional cost to you. Thank you!\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0at the Genealogy Gems YouTube Channel (Please be sure to click the SUBSCRIBE button while you are there!) \\xa0 BONUS VIDEO:\\xa0 Gena and I hit the kitchen to make a blast from the past.\\xa0\\xa0 at the Genealogy Gems YouTube channel.\\xa0 Be sure and leave a comment, "Like" the video, and pass it along to your friends! \\xa0 Genealogy Gems App users will find the video in the\\xa0BONUS CONTENT for this episode. \\xa0 Cool Cooking iPad Apps (click images below:) \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0 I really hope you\\u2019ve enjoyed this look at family history and food, and that it\\u2019s inspired you to rummage through the back of the cupboards, and ask around the family for those recipes, cookbooks, memories and even old cooking utensils so that you can bring your family\\u2019s culinary history back to the forefront and preserve it like a Ball jar of good peaches. And one last little gem for you: If you enjoy reminiscing about the food of days gone by I want to recommend a video series to you that I have enjoyed for years. It\\u2019s called Clara Cooks and I\\u2019ve added a few of my favorite episodes to my Food and Family History Playlist at the Genealogy Gems YouTube channel. Just go to and scroll down and you\\u2019ll find the playlist in the column on the right.\\xa0 And there you\\u2019ll also find my video interview Gena and our little cooking in the Cooke kitchen segment.\\xa0 Bon Appetit! \\xa0 GEM: Getting the Scoop from the Genealogy Gems Facebook Fan Page From Kat on Facebook: \\u201cLove Genealogy Gems :) I just listened to the podcast that was talking about adding pages to your news feed up in the like button option. I am not convinced that your feed stays visible with just saying show in the news feed since Facebook is constantly changing things. Another tip for seeing pages on Facebook: On the home page of your news feed, on the far left column you will see pages and groups that you recently visited. If you hover your mouse over that address a little edit icon pops up and then you can add that page or group to your favorites. These favorites stay pinned to your left column and when people make comments or the page updates a little number shows up next to the page link. I hope this helps someone here :)\\u201d Join us at the Genealogy Gems page at Facebook:'