A traditional Jewish cookbook, an old guitar, and a mixtape simply titled ‘Chill-out’.

These are just some of the items in a new San Francisco exhibit offering an intimate peak into the early years of Amy Winehouse, as seen through the eyes of her family.

Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait was curated by the Jewish Museum of London with the assistance of the late singer’s brother Alex and her sister-in-law Riva and offers a snapshot of her life before she found international fame.

That Jewish cookbook was a birthday gift Amy received from Alex after she told him she wanted to learn how to make chicken noodle soup. There is also an old guitar which was shared by the siblings.

The playlist, a mixture of soul and jazz with tunes from The Mickey Mouse Club and The Offspring, was made by Amy when she was 13, although she listened to it well into her twenties.

Its music is heard through playing during the exhibition where the walls are scribbled with words from Amy’s application essay to the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School in London.

There are also a collection of backstage passes the singer kept as she began to perform at festivals, previously unseen photographs and, swinging from a rack, a collection of her favourite dresses.

But perhaps most beloved to the singer was her vast vinyl and CD collection, providing a glimpse to sounds that would influence Amy from a young age.

There are the expected jazz and soul legends, such as Miles Davis, Ray Charles, and Ella Fitzgerald, according to CBS San Francisco.

But Amy also had a collection of recent influences, including Lauryn Hill and Mary J. Blige, as well as rapper Nas, who she would later collaborate with.

There is even Adam Sandler’s spoken word comedy album, Stan and Judy’s Kid, as well as albums from The Mickey Mouse Club and George Michael.

The exhibit, Alex wrote in an introduction to the display, is meant to provide a snapshot of Amy.

He writes that she was, ‘to her deepest core, simply a little Jewish kid from North London with a big talent who, more than anything, just wanted to be true to her heritage,’ Tablet Magazine reported in 2013.

The exhibit seems to be a step away from Amy, the record-breaking Asif Kapadia documentary about the late singer that recounted both her art-making process and her tragic descent.

Although universally praised by critics, the documentary was heavily criticised by the singer’s family, who had originally given the film their full support when they were first approached by Kapadia.

Shortly before the film’s premiere, the family announced in a statement that they were disassociating themselves from the documentary.

‘They feel the film is a missed opportunity to celebrate her life and talent and that it is both misleading and contains some basic untruths,’ a spokesperson said.

The new exhibition is the family’s chance to show an Amy, who died of alcohol poisoning aged 27 in 2011, that was rarely seen in the last few years of her life as she struggled with her addictions.

It celebrates the things she was most passionate about, according to the San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Her love of music and fashion, of her Jewish roots and her home in London, and of her family.