Granny's thrifty dessert recipes, from Michelle Darmody

Cookbooks are often passed from generation to generation within families, mapping out stories that can be traced through time, says Michelle Darmody.

They trace a history of what was available to certain generations, what was scarce, what was in fashion, and what was not.

I have many such books covered in scribbled recipes and notes and crossings out, creating a new story within the book, layering up ideas and recipes making these books unique to me.