# Meet the Archivist Reviving Recipes from Graves

> A cookbook author finds recipes on headstones to honor loved ones.
- Title: Meet the Archivist Reviving Recipes from Graves · Bon Appétit
- Summary: A cookbook author finds recipes on headstones to honor loved ones. Rosie Grant collects gravestone recipes to create a cookbook celebrating how food connects…
- Keywords: rosie grant, to die for, gravestone recipes, ghostly archive, congressional cemetery, death positive movement, cemeteries, family recipes, food, lifestyle, Meet, Archivist
- Source: Bon Appétit — https://bonappetit.com/story/this-cookbook-author-explores-cemeteries-for-recipes-to-die-for
- Author: Jessi Roti
- Published: 2026-10-16T10:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: rosie grant, to die for, gravestone recipes, ghostly archive, congressional cemetery, death positive movement, cemeteries, family recipes, food, lifestyle
## Gravestone Recipes
Rosie Grant’s cookbook collects recipes from headstones to honor deceased loved ones.
## Five Years of Research
Grant traveled across the U.S. and Canada for five years to find families and their stories.
## Recipes in the Book
The book includes spritz cookies, carrot cake, WWII guava cobbler, and Irish coffee recipes.
## Family Approval
All 40 recipes were approved by family members of the deceased.
## Naomi Miller-Dawson
Naomi Odessa Miller-Dawson’s headstone features spritz cookies with her epitaph.
## Family Stories
Grant cooked with seven families to share their food legacies and stories.
## Death Positive Movement
Grant’s work connects with the Death Positive Movement to discuss mortality and legacy.
## Key takeaway

Rosie Grant collects gravestone recipes to create a cookbook celebrating how food connects people to their past.