October 2025 Bookie Bites

Get ready for a mouthwatering culinary adventure! Join us this October for a vibrant tasting event inspired by Together: Our Community Cookbook by The Hubb Community Kitchen. Each guest will choose a recipe from the cookbook to prepare and bring to the gathering. Together, we’ll share our creations and enjoy a feast of simple dishes—many handed down over generations— from the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and Eastern Mediterranean—celebrating the connection and healing power of this cookbook!

Hubb means ‘love’ in Arabic. The women of the Hubb Community Kitchen describe it as a place of good food, love, support and friendship. After being displaced following the Grenfell tower fire in the UK, some of the local women needed a place to cook fresh food for their families. They began to use the kitchen at the Al-Manaar Centre (a community center), where the women had been using the facilities to cook…