DNA testing. It seems like everyone is doing it. People are finding

concrete links to their heritage. They're locating relatives that they didn't even know they had.

And they're able to get a real sense of the countries, the towns, and even pinpoint the very

communities that they came from.

The results can be really surprising.

In a similar way, the history of the foods we eat,

well, it surprises me.

Old cookbooks, recipes handed down through generations,

newspaper clippings, all of these things can offer clues and records

as to the origins of the family recipes that we cook.

But what happens when the records are lost or they just don't go back far enough?

For today's story, we go on a journey, a physical one across nations, but also a journey back in time.

Today's story is about family, culture, food, and knowing where you came from.

From America's test kitchen, I'm Bridget Lancaster, and this is proof.

At Oxo, no design detail is too small. Take for example, there's stainless steel measuring cups and spoons.

Category Director, Franco Viello explains.

Okay, how do people generally tend to store these things?

And so we added magnets instead of just your basic ring,

which frustrates a lot of people.

The other thing that people really rely on

is just really a robust measurement

markings and so we made sure that we had those laser-edged and so when you think

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