For
Immediate Release
Contact:
Gena Philibert-Ortega
genaortega@gmail.com
Explore the Food Your Ancestors
Ate in New Book by Gena Philibert-Ortega
What
do suet pudding, turtle soup and roast squirrel have in common? They are all
foods our ancestors ate. In From the
Family Kitchen: Discover Your Food Heritage and Preserve Favorite Recipes, a
new book by author Gena Philibert-Ortega published by Family Tree Magazine, readers can learn more about food history and
how to blend foodways and traditions into their family histories.
“Learning
about our ancestors is so much more than just finding out when and where they
were born or died,” says Philibert-Ortega. “Food history helps bring our
ancestors to life and gives us a better understanding of their day-to-day
lives.”
From the Family Kitchen: Discover
Your Food Heritage and Preserve Favorite Recipes
explores food history and explains how to incorporate those stories, images and
recipes into family history. Divided into three sections, this social history
begins by looking at the food history of immigrants and the regional
differences of food throughout the United States. It explores the history of
cookbooks in the United States and gives step-by-step instructions on locating
and researching recipes that ancestors would have cooked. Part 2 features a
glossary or historical cooking terms and measurements, plus a collection of historical
recipes from the turn of the 20th century. Part 3 is a beautiful recipe journal
where readers can record their favorite family recipes along with memories of
the dish, making this book a keepsake that will be enjoyed years to come.
“This
book spans generations,” says Allison Dolan, publisher/editorial director of Family Tree Magazine. “I can’t think of
a better way to introduce younger generations to their heritage then by
preparing a meal their ancestors would have eaten and then spend the meal
sharing family history stories.”
From the Family Kitchen
also includes:
§ Methods
for gathering family recipes
§ Interview
questions to help loved ones record their food memories
§ Places
to search for historical recipes
§ An
explanation of how immigrants influenced the American diet
§ A
look at how technology changed the way people eat
§ A
glossary of historical cooking terms
§ Modern
equivalents to historical units of measure
About the author
Gena Philibert-Ortega
holds a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and a Master’s degree in
Religion. Presenting on various subjects involving genealogy, women’s studies
and social history, Gena has spoken to groups throughout the United States and
virtually to audiences worldwide. Gena is the author of hundreds of articles
published in genealogy newsletters and magazines including Internet Genealogy, Family
Chronicle, GenWeekly and the WorldVitalRecords newsletter. She is the
author of the books Putting the Pieces
Together and Cemeteries of the
Eastern Sierra (Arcadia Publishing, 2007) and From the Family Kitchen. Discover
Your Food Heritage and Preserve Favorite Recipes (F+W Media, 2012). Gena is
editor of the Utah Genealogical Association’s journal Crossroads. An instructor for the National Institute for
Genealogical Studies, Gena has written courses about social media and Google.
She serves as Vice-President for the Southern California Chapter of the
Association of Professional Genealogists, a Director for
the California State Genealogical Alliance and on the board of the Utah
Genealogical Association. Her current research interests include social
history, community cookbooks, signature quilts and researching women’s lives.
About
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Tree Magazine
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