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| Does assembling a salad in a jar count as cooking? Absolutely! |
You might have heard about the Vet Cookbook?
If not, it was essentially a compilation of recipes and stories to promote wellbeing among veterinary team members. People from every area of the veterinary sector – from veterinary nurses, technicians, practice managers, animal attendants, academics, specialists and GPs and even those who had left practice – sharedrecipes.
Like our
patients, veterinary team members need fuel. It’s even better if that fuel is
pleasurable to eat! Sharing food is a wonderful way to come together, support
and nourish each other.
It is hard
to believe but the Vet Cookbook was published by the Centre for Veterinary
Education back in 2017.
We had some
fabulous submissions. It was a tough job pulling it together (I was part of a
team of dedicated co-editors, including Deepa Gopinath, Lis Churchward, Asti
May and Jenna Moss Davis) but we did it.
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| Chocolate hazelnut "Dogs-in-the-mud cake". |
The not-for-profit cookbook sold two print runs and is now a collector’s edition. With the funds raised, we held several events including a wellbeing day (talks can be viewed on the CVE’s Mental Wellbeing Hub) and two sold-out writing courses taught by outstanding Australian authors Tracy Sorensen (The Lucky Galah, The Vitals) and Brendan James Murray (The Drowned Man, Venom, The School). This year, the Vet Cookbook is back.
That’s right, we’re working on the Vet Cookbook II. The theme is “celebrating the wins” – we want to hear from all veterinary team members, near and far, about what you enjoy about working in the sector. Our editorial team includes Lis Chuchward, Kimberley Blackett, and Sharmila Kumaran (you might recall her as the author of the decadent strawberry cheesecake in VCB I!)
And we’d love to hear your favourite recipe!
For those
who are creatively inclined, we’re also keen for submissions of images of
artwork (e.g. could be a painting or drawing, poem, creative writing, sculpture
or composition).
We’ve already had some brilliant and creative submissions, ranging from simple recipes to the more complex, to wood block prints, drawings, paintings and photos, and we’ve got room for a few more. You can upload your submission here:
https://form.jotform.com/241008103636849
