The article offers the author's insights of attending the twenty-third Leeds Symposium on Food History and Traditions in April 2008. The author narrates how she discovered family collection of recipes in the event. She offers information on a group of menus for specific occasions including Watty's Christening Dinner, Jack's Christening Dinner, and Watty's Birthday 1761. Information about the menus prepared by Stanhope family is also presented.