If you’re someone who would grab your ancient recipe box before running for the door in a fire, you’re not alone. To many of us, old recipe collections (Grandma’s cursive writing! Recipe cards stained ...

CYNTHIA NIMS describes herself as “a keeper of things.” Among them are her mother’s recipes, stored in a tattered accordion file held together by packing tape and a prayer. It’s so fragile that when ...

Walk into any Boomer kitchen and you might spot a small wooden box tucked near the stove or perched on a shelf. That humble recipe box holds more than just cooking instructions written on faded index ...

It was time to clean out my office closet, which is full of recipe file boxes from each place I have worked since graduating from cooking school in 1977. Little did I realize what an emotional ...