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Brief Description:
Ever wonder how your housemate made that delicious homemade bread? Too embarrassed to ask your fellow volunteers for that pasta recipe again? Want to introduce your family and friends to a taste of a foreign country? Create a cookbook!

Activity:
Gather your fellow community members around and distribute a number of index cards to each person. Have each person write down the recipe for his/her mouth-watering delightful specialty dishes. Be sure to include traditional cultural meals from the region where you are volunteering!

Collect the recipes and assemble in a cookbook format of your choice. Some possible cookbook formats include:

Individual pages: each community member designs his/her own page with recipes, pictures, quotes, etc.

Category pages: divide recipes into categories (main meals, appetizers, etc.) and assemble.

Photo pages: community members take photos of each dish and write the recipes on the back of the photos.


This is a fun way to remember your volunteer experience, and once you return home you can make your favorite dishes for family and friends as they look at your pictures and albums. Or cook these delicious meals for yourself as comfort food to remember your experience!