Take a Bite out of This is a delicious slice of chat about food and what it means for friends, family & communities. It Airs on East Leeds Community Radio at Community Arts Centre Chapel FM and it happens Tuesday at 3pm on week 4 of the month.

Take a Bite Out of This offers sumptuous conversations about food, baking, cooking and what food means for friends, family and communities.

In this episode they talked with Elaine Barrow & Sonja Woodcock from Zest and FoodWise Leeds. They chatted all about the Food Stories project we recently ran.

Sonja and Elaine also talked about seasonal recipes, food systems & who influenced their cooking growing up. And interestingly, it seems that Dad’s as well as mother’s influenced their early cooking experiences. Take a listen here:

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More about Food Stories Project.

Food Stories is a project run by Zest over 6 months bringing people together through the power of food. It was a simple premise – use the universal language of food to bring communities together to talk and eat.

Over the course of three 4-week programs, residents met in local places, experienced new activities and ways of talking with one another and  savoured delicious healthy food that was being offered right on their doorstep. This brought discoveries of new recipes and sharing of knowledge around food. Hunslet Moor Club’s world cookery club embarked on a flavourful Jamaica cooking, learning the art of healthy eating along the way. For one budding chef, this was the first step on a delicious path to a cookery course and a career in the culinary arts. A trip to Meanwood Valley Farm further cemented the bonds between participants, proving the power of food to unite and inspire.

A heartfelt thank-you to all involved who embraced this initiative with open arms and eager taste buds. Here’s to many more Food Stories in our communities!