Together: Our Community Cookbook

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The women invite you to make their favourite simple dishes – many handed down over generations – from the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and Eastern Mediterranean for you and your loved ones. Who is the author? Best-selling cookbook author, cookery show star, health campaigner, and the man rightly credited with changing the way Brits cook and eat. Jamie Oliver needs no further introduction. Jamie shares a super-fun menu for keeping proceedings warm and casual when eating alfresco. With recipes inspired by his travels to Mexico, Jamie cooks up an epic slow-cooked pork belly. Every dish tells a story of history, culture and family, and each has been developed to use few ingredients and easy methods so that anyone can cook these personal recipes. I was so excited when I finally bought and the received this book, I knew I wanted a copy as soon as I found out Meghan was releasing this book. Opening it and seeing all the recipes, I was amazed at all the different cultures that had been laced into the book.

This community of women became known as the Hubb Community Kitchen – Hubb means ‘love’ in Arabic. The women of the Hubb Community Kitchen describe it as a place of good food, love, support and friendship. All profits from the sales of this book will help the Hubb Community Kitchen to strengthen lives and communities through cooking. Why this has come up in a search for a book by Ms Markle. This was written by a group of women who survived an awful tragedy and did something positive and life affirming by bringing people together via food. Doesn’t food play an important role in bringing people together? So they put together a cookbook to raise money for their community. in my permanent cookbook collection and continue digging through. TY Megs! (And please send me your ?!) Together is a storybook of this West London community, showcasing over 50 delicious recipes from the women of the Hubb Community Kitchen and including a foreword by HRH The Duchess of Sussex.

The recipe, which was written by Cherine Mallah, is a tuna, olive, and sun-dried tomato cake. I had to try it—even though "Harry" generally loathes every ingredient it calls for besides cheese. Say thank you with this beautiful summery spread. Jamie shares his stunning side of salmon that makes the perfect centrepiece – this is about pulling out all the stops for those you love. Then, you top the whole saucey situation with eggs and serve it from the pan. But not until, I realized, the strong scent permeates your entire being and building: My guests said they smelled what this Duchess was cooking from down the hall.

The sleeve reads, "The women of the Hubb Community Kitchen invite you to make their favourite simple dishes for your loved ones. All profits from the sales of Together will go to The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, or its wholly owned trading subsidiary, for the benefit of the Hubb Community Kitchen, helping widen its reach to others in the community, and enabling similar projects to continue transforming lives through the power of cooking."No," he said after tasting a single dollop on a cucumber slice. It was too bitter for his taste, he complained...but he continued to dip his veggies in the bowl several more times. Royals, amiright?!

So much amazing sounding food. I'll defo be giving the vegetable samosas and the toffee apple crumble a go. The photos of the women and the dishes are amazing, and the little short introduction to each dish by the creater is a feast in itself. I Cooked My Way Through Meghan Markle's Cookbook and Made My Prince Harry Look-Alike Husband Taste-Test Together: Our Community Cookbook" is pretty great. I loved all of the color photos that accompanied the recipes, the foreword by HRH The Duchess of Sussex, and also the community members who added little personal anecdote before getting into the recipes. It made it seem as if a friend is sharing a recipe with you. Soon there were women from different cultures all cooking, swapping recipes, talking and laughing. As they cooked, they began to connect, heal and look forward, and have continued to cook together twice a week.What a wonderful project and partnership! It’s wonderful to see a community come together through food and love. As an ELL teacher I really enjoyed reading about some of the traditional dishes of my student’s families! I really want to try some of these myself in my newly remodeled kitchen! I want to start with the avocado dip since it received such high praises from Meghan and an Ethiopian dish! With 130 brand new recipes, each chapter features a complete menu which can be attempted in full, or dipped into and mixed-up depending on personal tastes and preferences. Chapters are inspired by occasions and seasons, such as Autumnal Fare which is perfect for a Halloween get-together, Picnic Love for balmy afternoons with the family, and Brunch Party for lazy weekend mornings with friends. If it's cake," he began, "let it be cake! If it's bread, let it be bread. I don't know what I'm working with here." His uncertainty didn't appear to affect his appetite: "I just like food," he explained as he carefully extracted the olives and sun-dried tomatoes, pushed them toward the corner of his plate, and piled the cake's remains onto his fork. "Is there meat in here?" (There wasn't.)