Our Weekly Tip: A Recipe for Reflection

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Our Tip of the Week: Loved ones may be survived by the work they’ve devoted themselves to and the places they adored; the people they’ve loved and been loved by. But they also remain with us in a much more immediate, sensory way. How many times have you smelled a certain casserole and thought of your grandmother’s perfected recipe? Gotten a whiff of an Italian restaurant and thought of pasta nights with Dad? A loved one’s favorite recipe holds all of the ingredients to recall your best memories with them.

At your next memorial or celebration of life ceremony, consider printing the recipe of a loved one on a tea towel for guests. It will make for an elegant decorative element that they can take home and put straight to use in the heart of the home: the kitchen.

How-to Suggestion: Linen is a great material for the towels. Scan your recipes and edit them to make their handwriting as clear as possible — then get to printing them on the fabric with a site like Spoonflower.

More Tips: Explore more of SevenPonds’s memorial resources through our memorial planning guide, or explore other end of life tips through our Practical Tips column.