Around the world, home cooks are using bake sales and social media (CookForUkraine) to raise money and awareness for displaced Ukrainians.
page—within 24 hours, they’d raised over $7000 for Unicef UK. The hashtag was flooded with images of Ukrainian dishes made by home cooks and chefs alike, many sharing personal anecdotes about their relationships to the country and escalating conflict. Over the past week, they raised over $150,000.
“[We’re] encouraging people to cook dishes from Ukraine and Eastern Europe and post them online with the hashtag #CookForUkraine, and then share the fundraising link,” Timoshkina, who is also the author of the cookbooktold me. “That way we encourage people to spread the word, and also to educate themselves about food from that part of the world. And to approach a quite complex political conflict through a much more kind and relatable sphere, food.”about the war.
"#CookForUkraine" is one of many endeavors that home cooks can participate in to raise awareness and support for Ukrainians through food. The social community