What's Your Family Food Heritage?

Let's Explore the Past...

This week a friend of mine posted that in 2021 he was going to get back to making Guatemalan food, the food of his childhood. This got me thinking: what is my family's food heritage and how might we embrace it better as a family this year? 

Here’s a few fun resources to help you and your family celebrate your food history:

• A trip through Maryland’s Culinary History 
• Dave and Tonya Thomas’ (long time partners of TasteWise Kids) Modern Soul Conversations on Instagram  
• Michael Twitty’s African American foodways studies
• A traditional Irish meal and with kid-friendly facts about Ireland (check out the bottom of the page for dinners from other countries including Peru, Thailand, and Jamaica) 
• A lesson on chocolate and recipe for Mexican hot chocolate (check out more food related recipes and activities from this website here)
• Short fun podcast episodes about the history of different foods
• The Recipe Hunters’ videos and traditional recipes by artisan food makers around the world
• The art of fermentation for kids including bread, kimchi, and sauerkraut 

Regardless of your food history direction, we wanted to share a food heritage exploration sheet to help you note a few recipes, stories, and/or other activities you might want to take as part of food exploration.

We would love to hear or see what direction your family food heritage goes in.