Food Memory Project

Food often represents an expression of love. Whether a fancy meal or a favorite childhood comfort food, the sentiment behind the preparation is key. Preparing and serving food is a beautiful way to express our love for other people. The food doesn’t have to be expensive or elaborate- it can be as simple as a bowl of cereal. Long after…

Recreating favorite family recipes on the holidays is a fantastic way to remember and reconnect with family and heritage. Fall is an incredible season for food. Each year we look forward to tailgating before college football games, making hearty soups and stews as the weather gets colder, drinking warm apple cider, and eating pumpkin spice-flavored everything. Fall is also a…

Many of us have special memories of sitting around the kitchen or dining room table with our families. At the end of a long day, we would sit down to share a meal and the latest news from work or school. For Anne Elizabeth from Waukee, Iowa, some of the most memorable meals of her childhood took place around a…

Lisa Lisson is a genealogy researcher, blogger, and mom to Sarah! (Love that girl!) Making brownies in her Easy Back Oven was her very first adventure into cooking. Cooking at the side of her mother and grandmother, Lisa not only learned how to cook, but came to understand how food brings family closer. One of Lisa’s favorite memories involving food…

Sarah Lisson is a registered dietitian, food blogger, and one of the co-founders of The Food Memory Project alongside her mom, Lisa. In a way, this has been a lifelong project- Sarah has always had an uncanny ability to remember almost any event in her life based on what she ate, from her chef-themed 9th birthday party to the dishes…

“Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” -James Beard, chef and author Is there anything more universal than food? Arguably more than anything else, food is an important and ever-present part of all of our lives. We may not agree on big issues like religion, politics, or college sports- but at the end of the day, everyone’s gotta eat.…