During the Fall semester, I facilitated a three-week kitchen intervention with students, transforming the space into a site of shared learning and exploration. Participants were invited to cook using a rotating selection of ingredients, learning new recipes while navigating limitations similar to those experienced in food-insecure contexts.
Rather than structured instruction, the kitchen was opened as a self-directed environment where students could experiment, adapt, and learn from one another. The intervention explored cooking not just as a daily task, but as a survival tool, highlighting how resourcefulness, creativity, and collective knowledge can help individuals navigate scarcity.
This project positions the kitchen as more than a functional space; it becomes a place of autonomy, exchange, and resilience.