Cooking with Mama

The event will be held in English, translation into Ukranian is possible if required.

Our culinary journey will include the preparation of (Ukrainian) cold soup okroshka and (Kazakh) fried bread varieties - shelpek and bauyrsak. Oksana Potapova will guide us in making okroshka while sharing intergenerational recipes, memories, and reflections around food diversity versus food nationalism. Saltanat Shoshanova will share her family's bread-making traditions, opening a conversation on resilience embedded in these practices. 

 
In this space, we acknowledge the persistent impact of russian imperialism and war on diverse cultures across Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Northern, and Central Asia. We create a place for grief, solidarity, empowerment, and resistance. 

 
Inspired and supported by Hiwa K's project "Cooking with Mama," where the artist connected online with his mother in Kurdistan to cook dishes with different communities under her guidance. Oksana and Saltanat will similarly reach out to the histories of their families and traditions, sharing their stories and recipes. Through this event, we recognize the shared and unique struggles that transcend borders and time and emphasize human resilience in adversity. Join us in this exchange of stories, flavors, and tastes. 

We raise donations for @solidaritycollectives, Ukrainian anti-authoritarian volunteer network who provides humanitarian aid and supplies for comrades on the frontline. 

Required registration: cookingwma@gmail.com or DM @feminist.translocalities 

Part of the project Sharing to Empower, funded by the Senate Department for Labour, Social Services, Gender Equality, Integration, Diversity, Anti-Discrimination 

Graphic @coca.colia