3

PHOTOGRAPHS: LAUREN

MCLEAN, ANDREW MONTGOMERY

Listen...

TOA PODCAST

InTheStoriedRecipe,Maryland-basedBeckyHadeedchatsto

peopleabouta dishthatspeakstotheirhistoryandheritage.

Shephotographstherecipes,too,andsharesthemonher

website.EpisodesfeatureinterviewswithUSengineerand

bakerCherylNorris,whosharesa recipeforKentuckybutter

cakeinhonourofherresilientmother;gluten-freecookMoy

LovellonTrinidadandTobago’sfoodhistoryandtheglorious

street-foodsnackknownas‘doubles’;andpodcasterKarthika

Gupta,whodescribescherishedearlymorningsdrinkingchai

withhermother.It’ssowortha listen.

thestoriedrecipe.com

COOKBOOKSFORYOURWISHLIST C

oncordeYouthCentreinHackney

isa havenforyoungpeoplefrom

theageofseven,soit wasa blow

whenthepandemicforcedit toclosein

March.Concernedforthewellbeingof

theyoungpeople,managerJoyclen

Brodie-Mendstookaction.Community

foodprojectMadeUpKitchenhadbegun

a Covid-19relieffoodserviceinHackney,

sothetwoorganisationsjoinedforces.

“Connectingwasgreatbecausetheyouth

clubisembeddedinthecommunity,”

saysprojectleaderKiranChahal.

Poweredbywordofmouth,bytheend

ofJuneover1,000mealsa weekwere

beingdistributedtolocalhouseholds

• andaround 10 youngpeoplefromthe
  clubwereinvolved,cooking,packing,
  pottingseedlingsanddeliveringfood
  totheirneighbours.“It’sgiventhema
  senseofpurpose,butit’salsobrought
  unity,”saysJoyclen.“Sometimesolder
  peopleseeyoungpeopleasa nuisance.
  Now,they’reshoutingtothem,‘Hello,
  howareyoutoday?’”Kiranadds:“Ifyou
  canbethepeoplehelpingaswellasthe
  peoplebeinghelped,it createsa→

A locked-downyouthcentrein

London’sinnercityhasreconnected

withlocalyoungsters,sharingthelove

throughanon-the-hooffoodservice

MAKINGA DIFFERENCE

BOTH OUT

RISING HOPE: RECIPES 20 AUG

& STORIES FROM

LUMINARY BAKERY

Alice Williams describes how

she founded this inspiring

London bakery to provide

opportunities for courageous

women whose life experiences

have left them at a

disadvantage. Their

empowering tales are

interspersed with illustrated

recipes – their own and the

bakery’s best loved – including

cinnamon swirls.

Harper Collins £

SIMPLY

Much loved cookbook author Sabrina Ghayour

dishes up recipes for flavourful, satisfying food with

the minimum of fuss, drawing on her Persian

heritage and global influences. Turmeric chicken

kebabs; spiced carrot and tamarind soup; fishcakes

with preserved lemon mayo... Expect crave-worthy

recipes to slot into your repertoire, with helpful

notes on what goes with what. Mitchell Beazley £

“We’ve birthed a

beautiful thing out

of a challenging time”

Youth centre

manager Joyclen

Brodie-Mends

Cheryl Norris’s

Kentucky

butter cake

ANDREWLEOPHOTO.COM

deliciousmagazine.co.uk 9

in the know.