Fighting hunger: community kitchens

A community kitchen entails a gathering of people on a regular basis to cook. Community kitchens offer the opportunity to share skills, socialize and reduce costs by purchasing collectively. Kitchens are as diverse in their purpose and organization as the people who participate in them –– some groups only prepare enough food to sit down and eat one meal together. Others prepare several meals in large portions to take home to their families. One group of immigrants may want to get together to cook "foods from home", another may prefer to practice their English or learn new recipes

(Community kitchen, Toronto)

· There are vegetarian kitchens, kitchens for new moms, kitchens that cater primarily to psychiatric consumer/survivors.

· There are no hard and fast rules about how to organize a community kitchen, just a few pointers and guidelines (and a knowledge and love of food helps).

Want an example? Check out: http://www.foodshare.net

(Community kitchen, Pascua, Arizona)