Rise UP
Jude Abu Zaineh
an ethnographic cookbook on virtual baking and cultural connections
2021; book launch 2023
Food is one of the simplest paths to connection and care. Creating meals and sitting down around a collective dinner table is a memory that – despite coming from different experiences – unites us as humans. People from different cultures can learn about each other through the sharing of their respective recipes.
Teaming up with WEST of Windsor Inc., AWE presented a duo of workshops called Rise Up in the Fall of 2021, facilitated by interdisciplinary artist and cultural worker, Jude Abu Zaineh.
Throughout these workshops, attendees had the opportunity to connect by sharing recipes and cultural traditions, and baked loaves of bread together, using recipes from the heritages of WEST’s participants. Rise Up made and encouraged space to engage in self-care – through the nourishment of food – as well as care of community through gaining hands-on experience from a professional artist, and celebrating culture and heritage with others.
Documentation and stills from cookbook and workshop sessions with Art Gallery of Windsor/Art Windsor-Essex and WEST of Windsor Inc.
Rise Up is generously supported by the Solcz Family Foundation.
Email judeabuzaineh@gmail.com for a copy of the book.