Ten freshmen students and their professor in a College Writing I class at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University created a cookbook for their flnal class project that benefits the Campus Kitchen at Kent state.
The cookbook, titled 7he Treasured Tree: A Recipe Straight m,m the Vine, includes more than 20 recipes. Each student submitted two recipes, and their professor, Carly Sachs, submitted one as well. One recipe had to be a famlly recipe or one that showcased a little about them and the second recipe had to be a healthy recipe.
"lhe inspiration for the cookbook came t-om the students,• says Sachs. •1 gave them the choice for their final project end one of the students suggested a cookbook:
Sachs loved the idea and then discussed how they would use writing and composition In making the cookbook and who the audience would be.
"Some of them had little to no writing experience before the class, so watching them take owership and seeing everyone's unique skill and talent set come together was exciting for me Sachs says.
The cookbook is composed of many Egyptian and Filipino recipes, but overall includes a wide variety of diversity and culture. tt is divided into sections on drinks, desserts, appetizers and entrees. One student in the class served as editor and collector of the recipes and another student created the book on iBooks Author.
Wien we came up with the Idea to make a cookbook, It sounded llke a lot of hard work and time, but we were all sad when It was finished," says Julianne Jenkins, freshman biology major, who was a student in the class. MEven though we each had our own parts to work on, everyone pitched in and helped one another. I am so grateful that I was able to be a part of this project and to be able to give back to the community.•
The book will be sold for $4.99 on iTunes and proceeds will benefit the Campus Kitchen Project.
"Carty is amazing, and her students were so creative in their approach to their project," says Ann Gosky, senior special assistant for ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì's Office of Exper1entlal Education and Civic Engagement and coordinator of Campus Kitchen at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì. Wlat was wonderful is that all the recipes they shared had a history- they were a grandma's favorite recipe, a cultural favorite or always part of a family celebration:
Sachs believes the adventure has just begun.
"I told the students that you don't really know the difference you're going to make in the wor1d or in someone's life just by the work you do, Sachs says. The cookbook surpassed my expectations of any final project, and now they have a published book anyone in the world can buy.