The Vintage Kitchen recipe book has been launched in time for Christmas, packed full of traditional family recipes and food ideas, stories and ‘sustainable swaps.’
Supported by the Council and Local Food Partnership, the Llantrisant and District 50+ Older People’s Forum has been working closely with the students at Tonyrefail Community School.
The Vintage Kitchen recipe book was created with family recipes and stories that accompany these recipes were shared by the forum members. The learners at Tonyrefail Community School took forward this idea, developing sustainable swaps for each recipe and creating and designing the artwork for the recipe book.
This project compliments the ongoing work to develop an ‘age-friendly Rhondda Cynon Taf, where older people are respected, valued and included in their community, as well as the work to develop RCT as a Sustainable Food Place.
The Vintage Kitchen recipe book is available FREE OF CHARGE and aims to help promote small accessible changes to the food we eat so that together we can build a more sustainable RCT.
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The project culminated in a celebration event held at Tonyrefail Community School, where the book was officially launched by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council Cabinet Members, Councillor Bob Harris and Councillor Gareth Caple.
Members of Llantrisant and District 50+ Older People’s Forum, who had shared their recipes and stories, also attended to sample recipes from the book which were prepared and served by pupils from the school.
Councillor Gareth Caple, Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care, said: “I was delighted to attend the launch of the Vintage Kitchen Recipe Book in the company of the 50+ Older People’s Forum and learners at Tonyrefail Community School.
“It is a wonderful publication that all contributors can feel extremely proud of. It is filled with stories from older adults, who also share with readers their favourite family recipes from years gone by.”
Sustainability consists of fulfilling the needs of the current generation without compromising the needs of future generations, while ensuring a balance between economic growth, environmental care and social well-being.
Tips to help people eat more sustainable food can be found in The Vintage Kitchen Recipe Book. There are many recipes and stories contained in the book, including Mam’s Welsh Cakes, Bread and Butter Pudding, Leftover Sunday Roast Pasties, and so much more.
The collaboration between the 50+ Forum and Tonyrefail Community School is already proving to be a very popular publication, which the learners also created and designed themselves, along with developing sustainable swaps for each recipe.
The Vintage Kitchen Recipe Book was launched at Tonyrefail Community School, with guests even sampling some of the mouth-watering the book.
The idea for the book came out of the wider Food For The Planet campaign, with a funding grant received from Sustainable Food Places. The campaign highlights that our food system contributes about 30 per cent to global greenhouse gas emissions – more than transport or energy. Additionally, a third of the food we produce goes to waste.
Improving the food, farming, and fishing system is therefore one of the essential and large-scale ways to help avert climate change and restore nature.
