It is with more cooking and food assistance that the Food Heritage Foundation ends its year! [caption id="attachment_1649" align="alignnone" width="900"] The cooks from Zahle CK with trainers Dr. Salwa Tohme Tawk and Ms. Marwa Soubra - Food Safety officer of FHF[/caption] In collaboration with the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC), FHF is currently working closely with ladies from 2 associations (Nusroto in Zahle & The Orthodox Orphanage in Tripoli) to establish two new community kitchens that will mainly provide food assistance to vulnerable Syrian refugee and Lebanese families. [caption id="attachment_1650" align="alignnone" width="900"] Ms. Dominique Anid - Health & Nutrition Specialist of FHF, introducing the concept of community kitchen to the ladies of Zahle CK[/caption] The teams of ladies cooks in both areas (around 15 women) were trained by FHF members on the latest food safety standards, healthy nutrition, kitchen management and menu development. [caption id="attachment_1652" align="aligncenter" width="688"] It's pasta cooking day in Tripoli community kitchen![/caption] Accordingly, the 2 new kitchens will very soon be filled with smells of richta, hommous b burghur, wheat with laban and many more traditional healthy recipes that were chosen by the ladies themselves to feed around 250 families in Zahle and Tripoli. [caption id="attachment_1653" align="alignnone" width="900"] Ms. Marwa Soubra giving a training on food safety[/caption] This program aims to improve the livelihoods of the ladies cooks leading the kitchens while alleviating food insecurity and enhancing dietary diversity of vulnerable refugee and local families. These kitchens could also be turned into small business enterprises at a later stage to sustain their activities and ensure revenues to the ladies’ teams. [caption id="attachment_1655" align="alignnone" width="900"] Brainstorming on the recipes to be included in the menu[/caption]