
‘Meet our Mothers’ cookbook celebrating the flavours and stories of Bradford’s communities now on sale
Published September 30, 2025
The ‘Meet our Mothers’ cookbook, part of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture (Bradford 2025) launched at a vibrant celebration feast in Lister Park yesterday (28 September).
From Ukrainian cheese pancakes and Greek rice to Lamb biryani and, Ghanaian beef stew. ‘Meet our Mothers’, is a landmark project by Bradford 2025. The Meet our Mothers cookbook is a portrait of modern Bradford, capturing the flavours, the recipes, stories of people from all over the district.
Submitted by local people and selected by artist Deepa Mann-Kler, the cookbook is full of treasured familyrecipes. Each dish is accompanied by a personal story from the contributor, from funny first date stories tointergenerational tales of migration-the book highlights the connections formed through food from Bradfordiansof all backgrounds.
Following a public call out in 2024, and a series of engagement workshops with local community groups in late 2024 to early 2025, local people from a wide range of backgrounds were encouraged to share their tales and cookery secrets with the Bradford 2025 team. The selected participants were invited to a photoshoot at NEET, based in Northcliffe Park, to watch their dishes be cooked and professionally styled for capture.
Select recipes are also brought to life directly from the pages of the book through the use of immersive digital technology. Select food stories can be explored using Augmented Reality (AR), accessed through a free companion app, called ‘Meet our Mothers Cookbook AR’.
The cookbook is available to purchase on Bradford 2025’s website and at the Box Office, more details on the opening times can be found here: https://bradford2025.co.uk/contact/
For more information on ‘Meet our Mothers’, please visit:https://bradford2025.co.uk/programme/meet-our-mothers/