A Class Cookbook

Favorite family recipes for all to enjoy

Creating a class cookbook is a nice way to celebrate family traditions and food diversity in your classroom. A cookbook can also be a class keepsake for students and would make a nice gift for family members.

• Have your students bring a favourite recipe for the cookbook.
• Decide on a template for the cookbook. Ask your students to write their recipe into the template and decorate it with pictures of the ingredients or the final product.
• Combine the recipes to create a class cookbook. Give each student a copy to bring home and encourage them to try the recipes with their family.

You could also ask students to interview a family member (parent, guardian, aunt, brother, etc) to get more detail about their recipe. Questions to guide the interview:

• When was the first time you tried this recipe?
• Does the recipe trigger a memory of a special person or event?
• Did someone teach you how to make the recipe?
• Do you know where the recipe originally came from?
• What do you like about eating it (taste, texture, smell)?
• What is your favourite ingredient in this recipe?

Our suggestions:

Consider making a digital cookbook instead of a printed one, so it is easy to share.