Cooking workshop unites resettled refugees and Duke undergraduates

On Saturday, February 27, the Kenan Institute for Ethics hosted locally resettled refugee women from Sudan and Iraq together with undergraduate students for a day of cooking and eating together. The event was part of this spring’s Food, Ethics, and Culture series, organized by Bear Postgraduate Fellow in Ethics Cece Mercer.

The women chose recipes tied to particular cultural or religious festivities in their home countries, enabling a cultural exchange between them and the students as they worked side by side. The Food, Ethics, and Culture series is connected to this year’s “Food Fe(a)st” Ethics Film Series; additional upcoming events include a panel on sustainability and food labeling through the lens of religion and a talk on foodways and Gullah culture. 

More photos from Saturday’s workshop can be viewed on Kenan's Facebook photo album from the event, courtesy of Duke Photography.