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Together is a cookbook that celebrates of the power of cooking to connect us to one another.

With a foreword by HRH The Duchess of Sussex, Together showcases over 50 authentic and diverse recipes from women whose community was affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. These recipes tell the story of a group of women who gathered together in a community kitchen to cook fresh meals for their families and neighbours. Over the chatter and aromas of the kitchen, together they began to heal and look forward.

In Together, the women of the Hubb Community Kitchen invite you to make their simple and delicious dishes for your loved ones.

The Hubb Community Kitchen is a group of women who have come together to prepare fresh food for their local community.

After being displaced following the Grenfell Tower fire, some of the women needed a place to cook fresh food for their families. They began to use the kitchen at the Al-Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre, where the women who worked there had been using the facilities to cook for the community. They all shared the kitchen for two days every week, preparing food and eating together.  Word spread and more women began to join in, embracing community and supporting their neighbours in their time of need.

Soon there were women from different cultures all cooking, swapping recipes, talking and laughing. As they cooked, they began to connect, heal and look forward, and have continued to cook together twice a week.

This community of women became known as the Hubb Community Kitchen - Hubb means ‘love’ in Arabic.  The women of the Hubb Community Kitchen describe it as a place of good food, love, support and friendship.

Together is their storybook, packed with delicious, simple Eastern Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and North African recipes, many of which have been handed-down through generations, honed and perfected over the years.

These are recipes that are both easily accessible for the home cook and mouth-wateringly delicious.

United by a shared passion for cooking as a way to bring people together, they have come together with The Duchess of Sussex to create a cookbook containing 55 family recipes that celebrate food, family and community. All proceeds from Together will help the The Hubb Community Kitchen to stay open and to thrive, so it can continue transforming lives and communities through cooking.

"We hope Together will inspire you to cook the delicious recipes that fill each page of this book for your family, friends and community. We hope that other communities facing difficulties can experience the healing power of sharing food by setting up their own community kitchens. What we want most, though, is for you to enjoy cooking these recipes at home with your families. Each dish has a story, some handed down from generation to generation.  We hope that by making them, and serving them, you will weave your own stories in with ours, creating a connection across our countries and cultures."