The members of the Fenham Fine Foods came together to create a small scale intervention involving food stories from the residents of Fenham to later inform a cookbook and seed bank. During the event, we asked the participants about foods that meant something to them as a way of connecting the different ethnicities in Fenham. We achieved this through the use of a world map and paper plates where people drew a dish and wrote the ingredients. They also informed us where the dishes originated from and we connected them all together on the map.

This intervention proved our suspicions of how food can bring people together no matter their backgrounds. This engagement led to some insights into the viewpoints of Fenham locals. We were encouraged by the residents to make good use of these empty spaces in Fenham by planting of the herbs and sharing of recipes to them helps with expanding their knowledge on food as well the knowing the ethnicities of the people in their area.

Next steps:

• Create the cookbook (have a physical and digital copy so that it can be updated regularly)
• Seed bank – From the different seed options that the participants gave us we are to be able to look at the planting conditions as some of the seeds cannot grow in this country because of the weather
• Building on from the drawing on the plates, thinking of real food for the next intervention