Family Recipe Keepers in Canada - At-Risk Heritage Recipes

Looking for interview subjects for a book proposal - serious replies only! Hi all, I have a book concept that I’d like to bring to life in the next 3-6 months and I would love input from anyone willing to share a little family history and perhaps invite me into your family’s kitchen for an afternoon. I’m in the process of putting together a proposal for a literary documentary project with the intent of sharing family recipes from across Canada. I’m interested in the preservation of tradition as it relates to food, and the very real threat of certain dishes being lost to time. To share what’s inspiring me, I have a family recipe that exists nowhere on the internet and is extremely specific to the ethnic group my immigrant great-grandparents belonged to. The elder members of my family are aging and without commitment to documenting this recipe and cooking technique, it’s highly likely it will disappear from history. But the thing about this recipe is, it’s not just a dish brought to Canada by immigrants. It’s a recipe that exists because of diaspora, necessity, and tradition as it directly relates to Canadian heritage. I’m not just looking for cultural dishes from immigrant families, I’m searching specifically for recipes tied to your personal Canadian heritage through the stories of immigrants, indigenous groups, and multigenerational Canadian families. If you have a family recipe or cooking technique with links to your cultural roots that’s at risk of being lost to time, I would absolutely LOVE to hear from you. I know this is incredibly niche, and there’s no pressure on anyone who responds, but I would really like to get a conversation going if anyone is interested in sharing.