Take aways may include: enjoying the fruits of your labor, coordination and collaboration.

Parameters: more than two people, in person. Access to a kitchen and cooking equipment.

Depending on the capacity and skill level of your group, decide which tasks you as facilitator will hold and which the group will hold. In any case, you will monitor the safety of participants. Here's a list to get you started:

1. Ask for dietary preferences and restrictions.
2. Choose the recipe(s).
3. Make a grocery list.
4. Gather ingredients.
5. Orient cooks to the kitchen space and equipment.
6. Assign roles and tasks.
7. Cook, set the table, clean up.
8. Have a back up plan in case the meal is not edible.

The debrief can happen during dinner, afterwards or at another time. Questions to consider:

1. What made the experience enjoyable?
2. What was challenging?
3. Why is food important in community?