Holiday Closing

All YPL locations will close at 12 pm on Tuesday, December 24 and remain closed on Wednesday, December 25 in observance of Christmas.

"Grow, Harvest, & Feast”: Food Memories

As part of Harvest, Grow, & Feast, we’re looking to collect your food memories and recipes to share at archive.ypl.org.

Help us tell the story of Yonkers through gardening, feasting, cooking and celebrating:

Use this form to upload pictures or share scans of your treasured recipes.
If you’d prefer to share on paper, grab a paper form at the library.
We can also help you digitally scan images or recipes; just visit us at any reference desk.
You can also email your memories, photos, and recipes to history@ypl.org.

What's your full name?

When and where were you born?

What's your connection to Yonkers?

Optional: What is the connection between your food and your cultural identity? (Cultural identity could include things such as your race, ethnicity, identity, religion, and sexuality.)

Would you be interested in doing a short interview about your memories?

Tell me more.

Not at this time.

Optional: Upload recipes or photos. Don’t forget to add a description!

Choose File

One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, pdf, doc, docx, odt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods.

Tell us more about this recipe(s).

Do you know who created it?

Who do you remember cooking this recipe?

What is the story of this recipe in your family?

What makes this recipe special to you?

You can also type your recipe here.

Tell us more about each image:

Who is in these pictures?

When and where they taken (if possible, provide precise addresses and dates)?

Tell us more about what is going on in these images.

We may be in touch with additional questions!