The Food Junctions Cookbook is more than
a recipe book. A genuine collaboration
between a university - UCL - and many of
London's local communities and beyond, it
mixes practice, politics and pleasure and
ties people together through a common
interest in food. Some 70 contributors share
their 'living recipes' for things to cook,
things to think about and above all things to
do. Get yourself ready to try some of these
living recipes: how to taste wine, open up a
catering co-op, deal with food waste, prevent childhood obesity, make delicious dishes from wild plants and grow food in the city.
This Cookbook is another step on a collective journey we began with Food Junctions in 2010, when we set out to explore the significance of food, culminating in a festival
that celebrated food in and as community,
and shared new ways of thinking about what
we produce and consume. We continued our
journey with Foodpaths in 2011, in which
we developed diverse forms of knowledgeexchange
and experience-sharing through
and for the urban food movement in London.
Taken together, both projects have been
about social innovation through food, and
the experience of living social change in our
daily lives. However, the recipes presented
here will never be 'living' enough unless you
read and cook them at home and in your
communities. Come cook with us and join
the journey! All sales are not for profit.
