Recipes that remind us how food connects us to our heritage and to each other

This year, we wanted to do something that brought the work we do in the cold chain a little closer to home. So, we reached out to Lineage team members across our network, asking them to share the recipes that mean the most to them—the ones tied to childhood, to people they miss, to holidays and to the small rituals that became family traditions.

And there was a reason behind it. At Lineage, we move and protect the ingredients that end up in many of these meals. Before a bag of flour lands in someone’s pantry or fresh produce makes its way to a weekend cookout, it’s already passed through our care.

The recipes themselves weren’t just instructions. They came with meaning—a mother’s scones baked in her memory, a cake that shows up at every birthday, a dish that everyone knows will make an appearance whenever the whole group gets together. They come from different kitchens and different histories, but all of them shared something deeper than the sum of their parts. They carried a deep sense of shared culture and heritage, handed down through tablespoons and dollops.

This campaign reminded us of something simple: every shipment and every pallet in a warehouse becomes a story to be told for a household ready to make another memory.

What we discovered as the recipes came in

None of these dishes were chosen for their complexity. They were chosen because they matter.

Food carries history in a way that doesn’t need explaining. You make something enough times, and it becomes part of how your family marks the seasons, celebrations or even quiet nights at home.

The stories we received didn’t talk about perfect technique or presentation.  These are the recipes people keep coming back to because they feel like home, and because they hope the next generation will learn how to make them before continuing to pass them on.

Many of the ingredients that become these special dishes—the fruit, the vegetables, the seafood, the dairy—all quietly move through the cold chain before anyone ever starts cooking.

We care for the food that becomes someone’s tradition, someone’s holiday meal or someone’s memory of a loved one. Our role isn’t loud, but it’s steady, and it supports moments we may never see but that matter deeply.