Project Overview

This project has four equally important elements to it: (1) recipes, (2) survivor stories, (3) history and (4) activism.

1. Recipes-- This should be self-explanatory. The cookbook will share recipes from survivors or their descendants that represent their family and their culture. By sharing these recipes with our friends and family we can link our dinner with the tragic history genocide and the beautiful cultures that survived it.
2. Survivor Stories-- While this is a cookbook, this is a celebration of culture. This blog and the eventual book will strive to prominently display that genocide failed not only to physically destroy the people of a community, but to also not destroy the culture of this community. I hope with this project that readers will be connected to survivors and use the cookbook as a platform to celebrate survivor stories in their own community.
3. History-- Though I plan to focus on survivors, their stories and the food, I believe strongly that both those new and those familiar with the history of genocide will be well served to have history mixed in. To introduce the various conflicts I hope to represent in this project, I will include a brief history of each conflict and provide resources to learn more.
4. Activism-- I believe engaging with survivors and celebrating their cultures through food is its own form of activism. Regardless if their genocide happened in the early 20th century or is on-going in the 21st, survivors and their families should know they aren't alone. Those still suffering from the immediate or indirect effects of genocide need our help. Through the book and this blog I hope to use the platform of cooking to bring communities together to properly commemorate past genocides, rebuild societies effected by genocide and to prevent future genocides.