Traditions of food and family culture

I am by no means a baking expert, but I do enjoy finding new recipes and eating the creations when finished. I probably get this from my grandmother (either one actually). Both of my grandmas had many hand-written and print recipe books. Some of the contents handed down in the standard way from mother to daughter, and then mother to daughter again. 

The only way to keep some of these family traditions alive is to continue the chain. For those recipes we enjoy as a family, we have taught our children how to make them, keeping that connection to the next generation alive. I imagine that most, if not all, families do something similar. I am reminded of the days, weeks, and months after my wife and I got married. She had favorites from her family, and I had favorites from mine. Funnily enough, we both disliked a fair amount of the other's contributions. 

Working through this, we created our own "culture" and maintain the joint things we both like to eat. Now, when one or the other is out of town, all bets are off. We revert to those things that we both love without anyone around to complain!

I am curious, do you have similar stories within your family? Share if you like in the comments section.