The BRIDGES Cookbook’s purpose is to think about a food/dish that relates to you, the culture(s) you belong to, or how it represents you, connecting it to BRIDGES.
BRIDGES is an acronym for Belongingness, Restoration, Inclusion, Diversity, Growth, Equity, and Sustainability. You can learn more about the dimensions here.
Sambusa
I think sambusa’s connect to the feeling of belonging. My earliest memories of Ramadan is the smell of Sambusa’s frying and my family talking and laughing. My mother always made the month of Ramadan feel special to us and always celebrated to the full extend. Now I help my mom make iftar (meal to break…
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Special K Bars
My recipe connects to restoration (healing, wholeness, and connection to others) because baking these bars is a way for me to connect with my mom anytime we make them together. It is more about who you are making the dish with than the dish itself. The quality time you spend with those you love is…
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Chicken Stirfry (Homemade)
My recipe relates to letter R in BRIDGES. Cooking to me is a healing process in itself. I personally love to cook during my free time, so I feel that my connection to cooking relates best to restoration, as it has to do with healing and connecting to others. Not only is cooking a healing…
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