A Footscray aged care facility has started collecting recipes from its residents to create a multicultural cookbook.
Doutta Galla Aged Care began collecting recipes earlier this year to start to put the book together.
There has been about 50 recipes collected so far from residents, their families and staff. The aim is for a full cookbook to be completed by the end of the year.
Doutta Galla has described the cookbook as a testament to the unifying power of food, and is excited about the potential impact this project could create.
Leisure and lifestyle coordinator Roshna Dongol said the recipe book is coming along nicely.
She said the plan is to have a lunch and then have it for a sale within the Doutta Galla community and the broader community as well.
The centre is very multicultural, with there being residents from about 23 different nationalities and staff from about 20 different nationalities
Ms Dongol said that the centre would love to also use the recipes in their kitchen.
“We could incorporate those recipes when we have multicultural meal days,” she said. “Where we have celebrations with entertainers and also provide meals from that country.
The cookbook will be laid out with one side having the recipe, whilst the other side will feature some background into the person and the recipes significance to them.
“That is the really special part that I’m finding, how residents are reminiscing about recipes and eating food in their home country,” Ms Dongol said.
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