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Youngsters learning traditional Asian recipes from their older 'Aunties' from the Womenzone community centre in Bradford. Three individuals standing over a cooking hob, where two of them are flipping chapatis in the pan. One is being tossed in the air.

Autumn 2025

Meet Our Mothers

Deepa Mann-Kler

An interactive cookbook celebrating Bradford’s heritage.

Event Details

Date Autumn 2025

Location Online and in your home

A tribute to family, community and the unifying power of food.

Artist Deepa Mann-Kler is collecting dozens of treasured family recipes and stories from communities across Bradford District – from mothers and fathers, grandparents and great-grandparents, daughters and sons. Passed down from generation to generation, these treasured recipes show how cooking brings and binds together our families and communities – and how it allows us to take a little piece of home with us wherever we go.

This beautiful cookbook will be published in autumn 2025, with special digital content bringing many of the book’s recipes to life. Every home should have one.

Share your story

If you’ve got a recipe to share, watch this space – we’ll be inviting you to get in touch later this year.

Credits
Commissioned by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture, based on an original idea by Deepa Mann-Kler, Akeelah Bertram & Shanaz Gulzar.

Lead image: © Tim Smith