Food that makes us feel at
home, food to share and celebrate, food to sustain and nourish, food prepared
in spite of war – food to celebrate our common humanity. Next week, Women for Women International is
launching “Share”, a cookbook that covers all of the above. The book, edited by Alison Oakervee with the
foreword by Meryl Streep, is a collection of recipes and stories from women
living in war-torn countries in which Women for Women International (WFWI)
work.
Women for Women
International is an international charity founded by Zainab Salbi in 1993.
Dedicated to working with survivors of conflict, the charity's core belief is
that stronger women build stronger nations and that with adequate access to
information and resources, socially excluded women can lead change toward
stable societies. WfWI supports women with
financial and emotional aid, job-skills training, rights education and small
business assistance in Afghanistan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, the Democratic
Republic of Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda and South Sudan.
The uplifting book also
has recipes from renowned international
chefs such as Alice Waters, Maggie Beer, Rene Redzepi and Hugh
Fearnley-Whittingstall, and humanitarians such as Aung San Suu Kyi, Nelson Mandela, Christine Amanpour, Desmond Tutu, Emma Thompson, Judi Dench, Richard Branson, Annie
Lennox, Paul McCartney
and Mia Farrow.
Illustrated with
stunning photography of the countries as well as the food, the book
features everyday dishes, family
meals, and recipes perfect for sharing and celebrating. They range from
traditional Afghani bichak pastries and Congolese sticky doughnuts, to spicy
cashew and tomato soup, beef rendang and orange-scented almond cake.
Interspersed throughout are inspiring stories from the women whose lives have
been changed through the intervention of WfWI.
All the royalties from
the book will support WfWI's farming and food training initiatives, as well
as provide micro-financing in the eight countries in which WfWI operates.
The book officially launches on 16 May 2013, but is already on Amazon.
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