The Unbroken TableRecipes kept

A place for recipes.
A home for memories.

What we keep, keeps us.

The Unbroken Table is where families keep recipes, photographs and stories together, with the people they belong to. And pass them on.

Begin your tableSee how it works
A handwritten recipe card for pierogi ruskie, in Polish, signed Tata, lit inside a display case
In his hand. Pierogi ruskie, from Jan’s school notebook, 1962.

Person first

Every recipe belongs to a person, not a database.

Keep it all

Recipes, handwritten cards, photographs and stories.

Pass it on

Move memories forward. Keep the line going.

Private by design

Your table. Your people. Your choice.

Around the table

Every family keeps something different.

  1. 1962
  2. 1987
  3. 2024
  4. Who carries it next?
  • Portrait of Jan, an older man in a knitted jumper

    Jan

    Pierogi ruskie
    Kraków, Poland · 1962

    Open Jan’s recipe
  • A South Indian meal of rice, sambar and vegetables served on a banana leaf

    Savitha

    Sambar
    Chennai, India · 1974

  • Jollof rice with grilled chicken skewers in a white dish

    Emeka

    Jollof rice
    Lagos, Nigeria · 1985

  • A close view of kimchi stew with tofu and spring onion

    Yuna

    Kimchi jjigae
    Busan, Korea · 1990

Illustrative examples

Kasia remembers him

“The things he never wrote down, I still remember.”
— Kasia, Jan’s daughter

He made pierogi every Sunday. No timers. No scales. Just his hands and his heart. He taught me by watching. Now I’m teaching Ania.

How it starts

Start with one person.

  1. Add someone you love

    Living or gone. A name, a place, a few words about who they are.

  2. Photograph an original

    A card, a notebook page, the back of an envelope. The moment it's saved, the original is safe.

  3. Add what you remember

    Make it readable, then add the story only you can tell.

No need to have it all. Start with what you have.

See how it works