Ancestral recipes and genealogy: find the flavors of your ancestors

Explore your family's culinary past thanks to our article. Rediscover recipes that have been transmitted from generation to generation.

Kitchen and genealogy also handicap

Kitchen and genealogy are linked for several reasons. Indeed, cooking recipes can often be transmitted from generation to generation within the family. True Family traditions vectors, family recipes allow you to discover prepared dishes and shared by our ancestors. They are, in addition, very often accompanied by Family memories and anecdotes - Small treasures for us genealogists!

Old recipes, in addition to serving as link with the past, are essential elements of our culture as they often reflect cultural and regional traditions. They are also precious sources of information on era. By revealing sometimes missing ingredients, preparation methods and other economic constraints, they help us understand the influences and food choices of our ancestors. 

Find ancestral recipes online - useful sites

If unfortunately your family's recipes have failed to reach you, there are several sites to immerse yourself in the cuisine of our ancestors:

The blog Sky ! My ancestors and its delicious category my ancestral cuisine

Evelyne Achon, a geneabloger, shares you a new ancestral recipe every month (and a recipe tested and - often - approved!). We really like to find historical notes, travel in the region with each recipe and the photos step by step. Find its content (not only culinary) on His Facebook page and on His Twitter account. 

The section Recipes of yesterday from the picturesque France site

Discover the different sections of this section: salads and soups, starters, meat or fish, vegetables, desserts and confectionery, creams and sauces and drinks of yesteryear to travel over time. The recipes are, however, very (too?) Skilled, so you will have to be a little autonomy. 

The section Gourmet heritage of Gallica

Through this section, Gallica (the BNF site) guides you in its gastronomy collections. You can find recipe books, handwritten menus, gastronomic cards, food trades, advertising posters and much more!

The site Medieval recipe

The site for a real culinary trip in time! The recipes are proposals for interpretations of different free access texts and manuscripts. The recipes are even tested before being published. So what are you starting with? Of the tense or the Rich eat according to the menagier ?

Using these various resources, you will find a variety of recipes for old and traditional kitchens from different regions and eras. So ... good research and good tasting!