Cooking and growing

The impact of cooking courses on families

This short repot provides a summary of research commissioned by CFHS that studied the impact of cooking skills on families.

The impact of community cookery skills activities on families – a comparison between three different approaches

In October 2012 Consilium Research and Consultancy Limited was commissioned by CFHS to explore the impact of different approaches to delivering community cookery skills activities on families. The research aims to identify and analyse the sustainable outcomes for families engaging in three approaches to delivering cooking courses.

Publisher: Consilium Research and Consultancy | Publication categories: Cooking and growing, Policy and planning | Related topics: cookery sessions, families, impact, parents, research, young people |

Cooking up connections

This publication gives a flavour of what community food initiatives and disability learning support providers are doing to offer adults with learning disabilities access to food and health activities in order to improve their health and wellbeing.

Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland) | Publication categories: Cooking and growing, Policy and planning |

What’s Cooking in Scotland? Part Two

This publication gathers information from policies, research, and community food initiatives in Scotland to find out what difference community cookery makes to people in low-income communities.

Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland) | Publication category: Cooking and growing |

Chat and Chaat

This resource is a healthy eating manual of South Asian recipes from groups based in and around Edinburgh. Developed in cookery and nutrition workshops, held as part of the NHS Lothian Khush Dil Project between 2002 and 2008, the recipes are a mixture of traditional dishes and new creations that groups have worked to make healthier »

Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), NHS Lothian | Publication category: Cooking and growing | Related topics: cooking, diet and nutrition, multi-cultural, recipes |

What’s Cooking in Scotland? Part One

This publication is based on the experiences of community groups and agencies throughout Scotland and shows how they have addressed some of the issues that groups have concerns about when planning to set up and deliver cookery sessions.

Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland) | Publication category: Cooking and growing |

Cooking in the Community in 5 Easy Steps

This manual has been developed by Community Food Workers in Fife, and is a reflection of their shared experiences. It is intended to support organisations and their workers, who seek to promote healthy lifestyles within their local community through practical food activities.

Publisher: Fife Community Food Project | Publication category: Cooking and growing | Related topics: community food workers, cookery sessions, food preparation, healthy eating |

Evaluation of Fife Community Kitchen

In November 2011, NHS Fife commissioned Blake Stevenson Ltd to evaluate Fife’s Community Kitchen, located at Adam Smith’s College’s Levenmouth campus. The report, executive summary and appendices are included.

Publisher: Blake Stevenson | Publication category: Cooking and growing | Related topics: community food activity, cookery sessions, evaluation, Fife, food preparation, research |

Development of a produce supply chain between community growers, caterers, and retailers in Edinburgh

CFHS commissioned Blake Stevenson to carry out research into the feasibility of establishing a produce supply chain between community growers, caterers and retailers in Edinburgh.

Publisher: Blake Stevenson | Publication categories: Cooking and growing, Retailing and catering | Related topics: catering, community retailing, feasibility study, food supply chain, growing and gardening, reporting, research |

Healthy Eating Healthy Living

This Scottish Government funded Healthy Eating, Healthy Living Project developed a multi-media educational pack consisting of 26 sessions on healthy eating for adults with learning disabilities. This included five practical cookery sessions. A small team supported six pilot sites in Greater Glasgow and Tayside to deliver the pack and this report describes how the programme »

Publisher: Glasgow City CHP South Sector Learning Disability Team Healthy Living Project | Publication categories: Business and project development, Cooking and growing | Related topics: cookery sessions, learning disabilities |