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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.
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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
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