Grandmother's Kitchen
A photo essay about the recipes nobody wrote down, and the people who still remember them.
Placeholder photo essay. Lucas and Hana each photographed one family recipe from start to finish.
About this story
Photos
Placeholder. Beans soaking overnight. 
Placeholder. Nobody measures anything. 
Placeholder. Miso soup, the winter version.
Perspectives
Brazil
My grandmother does not use recipes. I had to watch her five times before I could write one down.
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Japan
My grandfather is the cook in our family. Photographing him made him shy, then proud.
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Reflection
What we took away
What surprised us?
That the cook in Hana's family is her grandfather.
What did we assume?
That family recipes would be written down somewhere.
What did we learn?
If we do not record these recipes, they disappear.
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