R.I.P. Kurt Michael Friese: How Apple Pancakes Became a Recipe for Sweet Memories

In Legacy's "Recipe Vault" series, chefs and food lovers share how meals connect us to those we've lost.

Mom's Old Handwritten Recipes

Long before the internet became a storage center for any recipe you could ever wish to cook, moms had a different system for finding the recipes they’d use to feed their families. They wrote them down on recipe cards and stored them by the hundreds in recipe boxes and binders.

The Taste of Beautiful Memories

Making favorite family recipes helps us hold onto the loved ones we miss most.

The Zen of Food in Hospice

Food can nourish and nurture, even at the end of life.

Elisa's Simple, Secret Recipe

The author of the "Italian Moms" cookbook shares a lifetime's worth of family memories through food.

Handful of Biscuits: Life Lessons from the Kitchen

In Legacy.com's series, celebrity chefs and food bloggers share how recipes preserve our life stories and connect us to those we've lost.

Baked Potatoes and Fortune Telling

In Legacy.com's series, celebrity chefs and food bloggers share how recipes preserve our life stories and connect us to those we've lost.

Remembering Master Pizza Maker Burt Katz

I originally wrote this article in October, 2015, after Burt Katz announced his retirement. The story has been updated to honor his legacy.

The Perfect Matzo Ball Soup

In Legacy.com's series, celebrity chefs and food bloggers share how recipes preserve our life stories and connect us to those we've lost.

Yeh-Yeh's Red Roast Pork Shoulder

In Legacy.com's series, celebrity chefs and food bloggers share how recipes preserve our life stories and connect us to those we've lost.

Pan de Muerto: The Bread Baked Just Once a Year

If you had a recipe for a deliciously fluffy, sugary and aromatic bread, would you make it just once a year? You would if it were pan de muerto.

Raise a Glass to the Lemmy

When , founder and frontman of Motorhead, died in December, the rock world lost one of its most colorful characters. And Jack Daniel's whiskey lost one of its most devoted fans.

Grandma June’s Cheesy Carrot Casserole

"I have strong restaurant genes passed down from many generations," says Melissa Friedhof, the third-generation restaurateur who helms Ross' Restaurant in Bettendorf, Iowa.

Laura Silver on Knish, the Jewish Soul Food

Knish is a Jewish comfort food that collects adjectives like "humble" and "homey." It's not pretty, but it's delicious and a powerful connection to family and culture.

Lefse

For Lisa's Norwegian family, Thanksgiving isn't complete without the soft flatbread lefse, a dish that always reminds the family of their mother-grandmother, Emma.

Kapusca (Sauerkraut)

The Polish dishes she prepares at Thanksgiving remind Estelle of her father, who loved them all.

Pasteles

Every Thanksgiving, Maddie's family looked forward to her mom’s pasteles.

Rice Pilaf

Lee finds a special way to connect with lost loved ones when making rice pilaf.

Soup With Little Meatballs

After Chuck's mom died unexpectedly at 63, he recreated her soup recipe in her memory.