Grandma's coffee cake, Mom's Bolognese -- there's something about a family member's specialty that makes it seem impossible to replicate. In her new book, "Sweet Home," Rebecca French suggests creating an album with a recipe and step-by-step photos of your relative cooking his or her trademark dish, in order to pass down your family's culinary traditions to future generations.
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