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Stories Unfolding Alexandra Park Neighbourhood Learning Centre A Recipe for 707 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario M5T 2W6 Sharing Tel. (416) 591-7384 Coordinated by Fax: (416) 591-3569 [email protected] www.apnlc.org Alexandra Park Neighbourhood Learning Centre Issue 4 June 2012 FORWARD INDEX J Q T Jamaica ..... 7, 17, 23, 26 Taiwan ..... 24 There has been a lot of talk about food around Alexandra Park Neighbourhood Learning R Trinidad ..... 16 Centre these days and what better to include in this year’s newsletter than stories of food and K Rice festal celebrations! Whether it happens in the classroom over a light snack, in the new APNLC Chicken ..... 15, 16, 18, 26, U vegetable garden or back at home around the dinner table, food often brings with it great L 30 conversation. Like literacy, food is important stuff and it becomes clear pretty quickly that the Lamb Peas ..... 15, 30 V two have quite a bit in common. La Pachamanca ..... 38 Pelau ..... 16, 18, Vegetarian Soup ..... 5 Pilaf ..... 15 Beans ..... 13 Perhaps their greatest similarity is how food and literacy are just so essential to daily life. Pan Fried ..... 31 Lobster ..... 19 Bread ..... 9-12, 14 Food nourishes our bodies and minds, allows us to conquer everyday tasks and it gives us the Roasted ..... 32 Pasta ..... 2, 4 strength to keep moving forward. Not only can food be deliciously wholesome, but like literacy, Lasagna ..... 2, 35 S Rice ..... 15, 17 it also acts as an amazing tool to tell stories and talk about our many fascinating backgrounds. Lobster ..... 19, 21 Salt Fish ..... 23 Venezuela ..... 9 As we discussed our favourite recipes, the best ingredients for an authentic jerk sauce or the Seafood family secret to perfectly crisp flatbread, we also shared stories about our families and histories, M Cod ..... 22 W our wonderful differences and our inspiring similarities. Macaroni ..... 4 Fish ..... 5, 20, 22, 23 Mexico ..... 29 Lobster ..... 19, 21 X As an organization committed to community building and supporting the development Salt Fish ..... 23 Shark ..... 23 of literacy skills in all spheres of life, food is also an important tool to talk about justice and N Y Nigeria ..... 5, 13 Snapper ..... 20 equity. Not only here at Alexandra Park, but in the Greater Toronto Area and across Canada. Soup ..... 5, 7 Z Many of the entries in this newsletter focus on the joy and comfort that nourishment brings and O Oil Down ..... 37 the relationships it helps strengthen. But we remain aware of the challenges and barriers that so Shark ..... 23 many face in finding these very things we find so vital to our wellbeing. P Sides Pasta Bread ..... 9 - 14 There is no question that learning about food is a delectable way to learn about language, Alfredo Sauce ..... 3 Pasta ..... 2 - 4 ourselves and each other. It is also a great way to start conversations about the barriers to Lasagna ..... 2 Rice .....15 - 19 creating healthier communities and how we can work together to address them. So we ask that Macaroni ..... 4, 35 Soup ..... 5 - 8 you take these entries home with you, try the recipes, share the stories and enjoy the delightful Spaghetti ..... 35 Snapper ..... 20 fruits that come from both. Tomato Sauce ..... 2, 35 Spaghetti ..... 35 Peru ..... 38 Steamed ..... 13 Ben Szoller Plantain ..... 25 Soup Learning Coordinator Pork Fish ..... 7 June 2012 La Pachamanca ..... 38 Kidney Bean ..... 8 Oil Down ..... 37 Ogbono ..... 5 Pork Chops ..... 35 Quinoa ..... 6 Ribs ..... 36 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Portugual ..... 11, 22 Bread ..... 10, 14 Potato ..... 8, 22, 31, 32, 34, 35, Chicken ..... 25, 30 38 Rice ..... 18, 30 Pudding ..... 40 44 A C E Ackee ... 23 Chicken Entrees CONTENTS Afghani ..... 12 Coke Chicken..... 27 Pasta ..... 2 - 4 Appetizers Jerk Chicken ..... 26 Pork ..... 36 1. Growing Your Own Meals by Katerina Danilova .......................................................................... Page 1 Bread ..... 9 - 14 Pachamanca ..... 38 Rice ..... 15 - 19 2. The Best Vegetarian Lasagna by Elsa Grimazien ........................................................................... Page 2 Soup ..... 5 - 8 Pasta ..... 3 Seafood ..... 20 - 23 3. My Signature Pasta by Roya Sabouie ............................................................................................... Page 3 Rice ..... 15 - 19 Rice ..... 15 - 16, 18 Soup ..... 5 - 8 4. Alphia’s World Famous Macaroni Pie by Alphia ............................................................................ Page 4 Soup ..... 5 Eritria ..... 2, 33 5. A very Special Ogbono Soup by Prince Agho ................................................................................ Page 5 B Tacos ..... 32 Ethiopia ..... 33 6. Quinoa Soup by Maria ....................................................................................................................... Page 6 Baked Wings ..... 25 7. Fish Tea Soup by Cecelia Ferguson .................................................................................................. Page 7 Pasta ..... 2, 4 China ..... 19, 42 F 8. Kidney Bean Soup by Celia W. ......................................................................................................... Page 8 Bread ..... 10 - 12, 14 Coconut Fish 9. Arepas! by Jeannie Panko .................................................................................................................. Page 9 Fish ..... 20, 22 Coconut ..... 14, 41 Cod ..... 22 10. Baking Bread by Michelle Houston ................................................................................................. Page 10 Chicken ..... 26 Cream ..... 8 Salt Fish ..... 23 11. Easter Sweet Bread (Massa Cevada) by Maria ................................................................................ Page 11 Lamb ..... 32 Milk ..... 17, 30, 37, 41 Snapper ..... 20 12. Afghan Bread ...................................................................................................................................... Page 12 Beef ..... 34 Water ..... 42 Soup ..... 7 13. Moi-Moi by Gladys Akhigbe ............................................................................................................ Page 13 Bananas ..... 8, 40 Cod ..... 22, 37 Fried (including Panfried and 14. Dough Boy by Sovette John .............................................................................................................. Page 14 Barbeque ..... 30, 35, 36 Columbia ..... 9 Deepfried) 15. Rohan’s Memories of Rice, Peas and Chicken by Rohan ............................................................... Page 15 Beans ..... 8, 13, 17 Cookies ..... 39 Arepas ..... 9 16. Delicious Rice Pilaf by Abdul ........................................................................................................... Page 15 Beef Duck ..... 24 17. Pelau by Jo Anne ................................................................................................................................. Page16 La Pachamanca ..... 38 D Lamb ..... 31 18. Jamaican Rice and Peas: Would Sunday Exist Without It? by Denise Murphy ......................... Page 17 19. Pilau by Sharon Jacobs ....................................................................................................................... Page 18 Shepherd’s Pie ..... 34 Dessert Rice ..... 19 20. Lobster Fried Rice by Horto .............................................................................................................. Page 19 Steak ..... 35 Apple Pie ..... 39 Various ..... 35 21. The Performance of the Red Snapper by Jamila Tshuma .............................................................. Page 20 Soup ..... 8 Butter Tarts ..... 39 22. Lobster in Syrah by Alma .................................................................................................................. Page 21 Tibs ..... 33 Cookies ..... 39 G 23. Cod Gomes De Sa’ by Stella Santos .................................................................................................. Page 22 Oil Down ..... 37 Gardening ..... 1 Potato Pudding ..... 40 24. Shark and Boiled Dumplings by Clarence Edwards ...................................................................... Page 23 Boil Conkies ..... 41 Greece ..... 28 25. Rohan’s National Dish by Rohan ...................................................................................................... Page 23 Bread ..... 9, 10 - 12, 14 Lin Gou ..... 42 Greneda ..... 37 26. Taiwan YMCA Recipe by Linda Lin ................................................................................................ Page 24 Bread Fruit ..... 23 Duck ..... 24 Guatemala ..... 27 27. Banana and Stew Chicken Wings by Lulette .................................................................................. Page 25 Dumplings ..... 23, 41 28. A Recipe for Jerk Chicken and Rice by Fay Miller ......................................................................... Page 26 C H 29. Coke Chicken by Estaurdo Sandoval ............................................................................................... Page 27 Cheese E Harvest ..... 1, 38 30. My Favourite Food or Meal by Keari-Ann Francis ........................................................................ Page 28 Arepas ..... 9 Entrees 31. My Palette by Natalie Walters ........................................................................................................... Page 28 Pasta ..... 2 - 4, 35 Assorted Meat ..... 37 - 38 I 32. Golden Chicken Tacos by Elsa Zepeda ........................................................................................... Page