America's Test Kitchen Best-Ever Lost Recipes Special Issue

Whether a soul-warming meal that your grandmother made just for you or an old-world dish that your great-grandparents brought through Ellis Island, our favorite family recipes are about more than food: They tell a story of who we are and where we come from.

This reader’s grandmother—or “Bubbe,” as she was known to her grandchildren—passed down a brisket recipe that is well worth the time it takes for the meat to rest.

This recipe comes to us from a reader in Galveston Bay, Texas, where there is an abundance of fresh shrimp.

This innovative recipe takes its inspiration from pineapple upside-down cake, in which pineapple slices become beautifully browned as they cook against the bottom of a cake pan.