The Food Stories Project
A CULINARY ARCHIVAL PRACTICE
Preserving food, stories, and the knowledge that nourishes us.
We are losing more than recipes.
We're losing the knowledge that taught us how to care for one another.
The Food Stories Project preserves food traditions, everyday kitchen wisdom,
and the stories that help communities nourish themselves—
for today and future generations.
This Project Is Still Being Built in Real Time
The Food Stories Project is a living archive currently unfolding piece by piece — gathering recipes, stories, interviews, photographs, and community offerings as it grows.
Some pages and features are still being completed while the project is actively being developed behind the scenes.
Thank you for being here early.
Why This Work Matters
This is not just a recipe site.
It’s not just cooking classes.
The Food Stories Project is a living system built around one idea:
We should know how to feed ourselves and each other.
Through storytelling, teaching, and shared experience, this work reconnects people to food, memory, and everyday knowledge.
For generations, this knowledge has been carried quietly — in handwritten cards, in shared kitchens, in the hands of women who were never asked to write it down.
How We Preserve Living Knowledge?
Essays
The Weekly Kitchen
The Village Kitchen Network
Heritage Kitchens
No Decision Kitchen
Stories & Archives
Start Where You Are
I want to preserve my family’s recipes & stories
Work one-on-one to document recipes, traditions, and family food history.
I want practical help in my kitchen:
Weekly meal support through prepared food or by using our system
I love food history & cultural storytelling
Dive a little deeper into food as one of our
easiest ways to explore history and culture.
I want to understand the bigger picture:
Read about why this project exists and our purpose in following this mission
I’ve spent over 25 years in kitchens—restaurants, farms, classrooms, and homes. What I’ve learned is this: People don’t need more recipes. They need a way back to the kitchen. This project is how I share that. — Ashley