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Social media is helping young people to love cooking

Social media has already taken over the worlds of politics and entertainment, and it’s now scrambling into the culinary realm too. It’s not just that family members take photos of restaurant food or share the strange recipe anymore. Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest are awash with mouth-watering tutorials that make daunting recipes look like a piece of cake. The bitesize videos are pushing the food world into the modern age, just when it’s needed most. Research over the past decade has warned that young people’s interest in food was dropping, with the Co-op finding a quarter of young Brits couldn’t make…
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Cooking through the generations, Edmonton’s Africa center celebrates Black History Month with food – Edmonton

Decrease article font size Increase article font size Cooks, young and old, showcased their favorite dishes while highlighting the African diaspora at a special event in Edmonton on Saturday. The Africa Center hosted “Cooking With Elders,” bringing seniors and youth together to share and learn about various cooking traditions within African descent communities. A variety of lentil soups from Ethiopia, Sudan, Nigeria, and west Africa along with the Caribbean were on the menu. “The main objective is to celebrate black history through a cooking event that showcases our culture, our heritage through food,” said Yar Anyieth, Youth Resilience Program coordinator…
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What Aussies really spend cooking dinner

As cost-of-living pressures continue to bite, Aussies have taken to social media to compare how much they really spend on dinner. Food prices peaked in December 2022, with an average shopping basket costing 9.2 per cent more than in 2021. Although food prices have eased since that peak, they remain significantly higher now compared to before the pandemic. Some 3.7 million Australian households experienced food insecurity in 2023 – 10 per cent more than in 2022. On a social media post on Reddit, Aussies boasted about how little they could get away with spending to make dinner. One person wrote…
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Harry and Meghan to launch two new Netflix shows, on cooking and polo

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have announced two new TV productions — one about cooking and another about polo — from their Archewell Productions company, in partnership with Netflix. Archewell said in its press release that both shows were in the early stages of production and that titles and release dates would be revealed “in the coming months.” The announcement follows the couple’s 2022 Netflix documentary series that explores Harry’s departure from front-line royal duties and the well-publicized rift between him and other senior royals. The first series will be “curated” by Meghan and “celebrate…
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Lynn Yamada Davis, Cooking with Lynja TikTok chef, died at age 67

Lynn Yamada Davis, a TikTok chef known for her comedic cooking videos, has died at the age of 67, her son announced on social media Friday. Her son said his final moments were “super peaceful,” and he was surrounded by friends and family when he died. Her daughter, Hannah Mariko Shofet, told The New York Times her mother died of esophageal cancer. In a video posted to social media, Davis’ son showed a series of photos of him, as a child, a college student at MIT, and one after he graduated with a degree in civil engineering. “She’s so cool,”…
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