Share Your Foodways

Promoting Food Equity by Celebrating Food Traditions

Foodways are the context and meaning around food: why, when, and how we eat what we eat.

On these pages, you’ll discover videos and recipes from cooks around Central New Jersey, recipes that carry meaning across generations and across town.

The Arts Institute of Middlesex County, in partnership with REPLENISH, Middlesex County’s food pantry network, begin the Share Your Foodways initiative in 2020 as a way to promote food equity, celebrate the culinary richness of Central Jersey, and to destigmatize the use of food pantries. For every episode in the Share Your Foodways series we produce, we distribute 100 free ingredient kits to families through the REPLENISH partner pantry network.

EPISODES

Carolina Jerome’s Jammin’ Chickpeas and Corn Salsa

Maha’s Mujadarah “Lentils & Rice” and Labaneh

Dayci’s Black Bean Soup & Black Beans & Rice

Tim Wong: Lunar New Year: Nian Gao & Zha Jiang Mian

Estela & Lourdes Rojas: Tortillas, Chilaquiles & Oaxaca Mole

Michelle Washington Wilson: Mac & Cheese, Fruit Cocktail

Library of Congress videos overview

Nasrin Rafiq (LOC video)

Roman Kovbasniuk Cabbage Rolls (LOC video)

REPLENISH Video (LOC video)

Chef Curtis: Chicken & Yellow Rice

Emily Arrisicato: Cashew Chicken, Pink Sauce & Sauteed Broccoli

How can I participate?

Watch the videos and try the recipes yourself! Share your own recipes and food stories on social media with the hashtag #ShareYourFoodways, and tag the Arts Institute @ArtsInstituteMC.

Access REPLENISH’s network of food pantries

Want to donate? Reach out to Feeding Middlesex County

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