First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. It is faded, dog-eared and musty smelling now. It has travelled with me for ...

If you’re someone who would grab your ancient recipe box before running for the door in a fire, you’re not alone. To many of us, old recipe collections (Grandma’s cursive writing! Recipe cards stained ...