This stunning charity cookbook is a homage to life, friendship and
togetherness. Together celebrates the power of cooking to connect us to one
another.
In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire in London, a group of local women
gathered together to cook fresh food for their families and neighbours. Over the
chatter and aromas of the kitchen they discovered the power of cooking and
eating together to create connections, restore hope and normality, and provide a
sense of home. This was the start of the Hubb Community Kitchen. 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 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. 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.
Together features mouthwatering recipes including Green Chilli and Avocado Dip,
Coconut Chicken Curry, Aubergine Masala, Persian Chicken with Barberry Rice,
Caramelised Plum Upside-Down Cake, Spiced Mint Tea and lots more.
With a foreword by HRH The Duchess of Sussex, Together showcases over
50 delicious recipes from the women whose community was affected by the
Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017
About the Hubb Community
The Hubb Community Kitchen is a group of women who have come together to prepare
fresh food for their local community.
After being displaced following the Grenfell tower fire, some of the local
women needed a place to cook fresh food for their families. They began to use
the kitchen at the Al-Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre, where the women
who worked there had been using the facilities to cook for the community. They
all shared the kitchen for two days every week, preparing food and eating
together. Word spread and more local women began to join in, embracing community
and supporting their neighbours in their time of need.
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.
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.
The Royal Foundation is administering the transfer of funds from the sales of
Together to the Hubb Community Kitchen and related community projects.