The Hubb Community Kitchen

What a great cookbook! I have started to buy more cookbooks these days because I love to just make something to eat at home. It seems every winter like clockwork I go into hibernation mode (due to the weather) and I want to be able to make something that is filling, that is not going to have 1,000 ingredients, and that for the most part I can get done in an hour or less.

"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.

This cookbook is divided into the following: Foreword; Introduction; Breakfasts; Snacks, Sharing Plates and Dips; Lunches and Dinners; Salads and Sides; Desserts and Drinks; Index; The Royal Foundation; Cooking in the Community/Recipe Notes; and Acknowledgements.

Not going to lie, I don't recall one cookbook I currently own that gets into breakfasts. That is seriously my favorite meal of the day. Most of the recipes I have for breakfasts I just find on Pinterest. I do own Martha Stewart's one cookbook that gets into the type of meals that you can make depending on your cookware (crockpot, dutch oven, cast iron skillet, etc.) The first thing I am going to try though is the simple chocolate cake recipe. I really want something like this to enjoy over winter with a nice cup of coffee.… (mehr)

Hubb Community Kitchen was created after the Grenville fire to give the women a place to cook and to meet together. Their cookbook, Together : Our Community Kitchen was written at the suggestion of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex to fund opening more days a week.

So the first thing you get from buying this book is the feeling that you are contributing to a good cause. But that is not all. I'm drooling over Moroccan yeast risen pancakes served with a mixture of almond butter, honey and argan oil. (I checked online. Our local supermarket sells argan oil.) There are recipes from many different countries. Many, even most of the recipes are vegetarian. Each woman trying to cook dishes that the other women will enjoy and will feel able to eat.

The Lebanese vegetable lasagna intrigues me. Yoghurt, tahini, feta instead of tomato sauce.

Got to try the carrot and onion chapatis soon.

There are deserts and drinks as well, of course.… (mehr)