COMMUNITY TOOLKIT ™ COMMUNITY TOOLKIT Tableof Contents ABOUT THE SERIES...................................................................................................................................................3 FROM THE CHEF ........................................................................................................................................................................4 ACTIVITIES ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS .................................................................................................................................................... 7 RECIPES ............................................................................................................................................................................................8 SOCIAL MEDIA...........................................................................................................................................................................10 HOSTING AN EVENT ..............................................................................................................................................................12 CONTACT US ...............................................................................................................................................................................14 FAMILYINGREDIENTS.COM Community Toolkit 2 Aboutthe SeriesEMMY AWARD WINNING Family Each episode features a guest who Ingredients is an innovative PBS introduces a favorite childhood lifestyle series that features food, dish, or family recipe, which leads travel, culture and family. Based us to exciting destinations like in Honolulu and hosted by Chef Hawai‘i, Tahiti, Japan, Vietnam, the Ed Kenney, the series aims to Philippines, Puerto Rico and more. showcase the many cultures that Together we explore the history of have shaped the unique islands each recipe as we follow Ed and of Hawai‘i. Family Ingredients is his guest on a journey that bridges an executive production communities across oceans through of Rock Salt Media cultural experiences and shared and Pacific Islanders in history. Communications and is produced for PBS by Rock Season one of Family Ingredients Salt Media. aired in over 170 markets nationwide reaching over 92% of the U.S. From telling the world population through PBS-branded about his love of poi, a broadcasts on local PBS stations. Polynesian staple food, to his Season 2 will launch in October commitment to family and his 2017 with locally scheduled PBS- interest in telling untold stories branded broadcasts on local PBS through simple recipes shared stations. by friends, Ed Kenney treats the audience to more than just travel The series is also available on and food. He takes a deep dive into PBS.org and is carried on the inflight cultural connections that make up entertainment systems of Hawaiian our family histories in places near Airlines as part of their offerings to and far. passengers. FAMILYINGREDIENTS.COM Community Toolkit 3 From theChef Alohato SEASON TWO ofand Family Ingredients welcome, a series that celebrates our diversity and love of this planet through the food we eat and the places we all come from. I was born and raised on the east side of Honolulu. My parents performed on stage in Waikīkī, singing and dancing hula through the 60s and 70s. But after a visit to Vietnam where I was immersed in culture and self- reflection, it was a simple bowl of steaming hot pho that inspired me to choose my career path. It became clear to me while on my journey that food was the unifying fabric of humanity, connecting us to the earth and each other. I invite you to use this toolkit with your family and friends, in your communities, schools, or places of worship or gathering. It offers some fun activities, questions for discussion, and, of course, some recipes from the show. And I also hope you will join us on Family Ingredients on PBS each week for an opportunity for you to learn more about yourself and the world around you one delicious recipe at a time. It starts right at home. I invite you to participate by coming up with ways of eating healthy, sharing family recipes, stories and pictures. Tell us about your gardens and what you grow! Tell us a story that we should know and share! Sending aloha from my home to yours wherever you are on this beautiful planet we cherish, respect and love. Ed FAMILYINGREDIENTS.COM Community Toolkit 4 ActivitiesThese suggested activities can be easily adapted for home and family, community or educational spaces, and even for fun at the workplace. For a more formal gathering, you can combine one or more of these activities with the checklist and guidelines for hosting an event on page 12. If you are in a large group, you may from a favorite family dish, not be able to include everyone’s but used in a different way. If recipes, so create opportunities for you are from an Italian family, further involvement... you might love the tomatoes, • Ask participants to indicate garlic, basil, and cheese from which recipe among those your favorite pasta dish - only prepared with prawns and sweet described they are most likely to potatoes instead. try and make at home. c. Whether you are creating a new • Follow-up questions: dish with friends or preparing How many people have an old family recipe that you Family Recipes similar family recipes? love, post a photo of your masterpiece on social media, Everyone grows up with fond How are families’ recipes and tag @familyingredients memories of favorite family foods, different? I.e. does one #familyingredients. If it’s not a that gives them comfort and that family use goat and another carefully guarded family secret, they continue to enjoy. Sometimes beef? consider sharing the recipe on it’s a delicious stew, a secret curry, or social as well… a special broth. Sometimes it’s that What memory do you have special way your mom fixed up the associated with that recipe? macaroni and cheese from the box. Either way, they are the foods that say family, memory and love, and they are TWO: worthy of celebration! ON YOUR OWN OR WITH YOUR GROUP, PREPARE A RECIPE ONE: INSPIRED BY ONE OF YOUR INVITE PARTICIPANTS TO SHARE FAVORITE FAMILY DISHES: THE BASICS OF AN OLD FAMILY RECIPE THAT THEY LOVE. a. If you have a formal recipe to INVITE THEM TO INCLUDE THE work from, prepare your dish FOLLOWING: accordingly, or prepare it to the best of your memory. When you a. The name and basic contents of serve the dish, consider sharing Okinawa – Soki Soba the dish. copies of the recipe so others Okinawan soba is not to be confused can try it too, and be sure to with Japanese soba. The blend of b. Where did the recipe come share stories of where the dish noodles, soup and pork spare ribs from? came from and why it’s special embodies the spirit of the Okinawan to you. c. What is special about this dish people and the complex history that to you? b. Consider creating a new recipe make up its islands. with ingredients that you love FAMILYINGREDIENTS.COM Community Toolkit 5 ActivitiesMore • Once everyone has presented Building Your Own their special ingredient, figure out how you can work them all Memory Dish into a special meal with the basic staples you have on hand. One of the things that makes those special dishes so important is the • Be sure to record the ingredients memories of family and so you can share the recipe, and friends that go with them. We take a picture and post it on all have some kind of family social media. in our lives—whether blood relatives or close friends, • Eat, drink, and celebrate your they are the people we share our lives with everyday. A friends, family and your new great way to honor those memory dish. friendships is to create a memory dish together…. • If cooking an actual dish isn’t an option for your gathering, you can • Invite one, two, or more special still try this exercise by creating friends with whom you share a list of ingredients, including a a lot of time. The people you contribution from each person, invite can know each other, or and then discussing together not. Ask each person to bring an how those ingredients could be ingredient that is special to them. combined to create new recipes An herb, a seasoning, a vegetable. built from your favorite things. You should provide one special ingredient yourself… • You can also have fun naming the recipes, perhaps including • Additionally, you should make references to the people and sure to have several vegetables places that make them special. on hand, some rice or pasta, and some meat or fish if you prefer, to round out the dish. • Once your guests arrive, serve a beverage and invite everyone into the kitchen and ask each person to reveal their special ingredient, including a little explanation of why they chose it and how they generally use it. FAMILYINGREDIENTS.COM Community Toolkit 6 Discussion QuestionsAfter screening an episode of Family Ingredients, consider the following questions for discussion or further consideration. 1. DESCRIBE A VERY EARLY 3. WHAT DISH IS FOOD MEMORY FROM YOUR REQUIRED TO CHILDHOOD: COMPLETE YOUR FAVORITE a. What did you have? HOLIDAY? (FOR EXAMPLE, IT’S b. Where were you and who NOT CHRISTMAS WITHOUT was there? GRANDMA’S ENGLISH TRIFLE.) c. Why has this memory stayed a. Is there any ritual associated with you? with preparing the food? b. Do you know