The Recipe Box

Recipes

Family recipes, kitchen experiments, and a few centuries of cordials — written down the way they are actually cooked, notes and all. 59 recipes and counting.

Dinner & Smoke

The long-cook stuff. Fire, patience, and a lot of waiting.

Brisket & BBQ Rubs, sauce, and the smoker method that actually works. 3 recipes

Dessert & Sweets

Cookies, candy, and the experiments that got out of hand.

Cookies Rolled, iced, and one s'mores experiment that went somewhere good. 4 recipes · 1 family
Pastries Macarons, buns, and cobbler - the bake-sheet side of the box. 1 recipe
Candies Cotton candy flavours and the sugar experiments that come and go. 1 recipe

Drinks

Sodas from scratch, and four centuries of cordials.

Cordials & Liqueurs Forty-three cordials sorted by flavour - pre-1700 originals alongside modern working versions - plus the base formulas they all lean on. 48 recipes · 21 families
Other Drinks & Snacks The odds and ends. Hot chocolate, chile, and whatever else earned a page. 2 recipes

Recipes credited to an outside source link back to that source. Pre-1700 recipes are quoted from their original printed editions and are in the public domain.