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Through food we understand other multinational groups and learn about them.
The Korean Presbyterian Church (Rev. Chang-gil Kim), the black Paterson United Presbyterian Church (Rev. David Sonton), and the mostly white Franklin Lakes Church (Rev. Jack Lore) collaboratively will publish a cookbook of more than 200 international recipes in December.
Breaking Bread Together will include many recipes of Korean, black and white origin, background information and stories related to the foods. Five hundred copies of the first edition of this book will be published in both English and Korean.
These churches began their relationship last year after September 11th, when they held several seminars on the subject of racial discrimination.
The three churches have held joint masses and their choirs have toured the other two churches, strengthening the bond between them. They were fascinated by each others traditional foods and decided to compile this cookbook, and are now in the process of editing it.
On October 6th, they displayed the foods that will be included in the cookbook after the joint mass at the Patterson United Presbyterian Church. From the three churches over 200 people attended and some 400 foods were prepared including Boolgogi (sautéed sliced beef), Jahpcheh (sweet potato noodles with vegetables), fried fish filet covered with egg, kimchi (spicy cabbage), bean sprouts and Mexican dip, seafood lasagna, and angel hair pasta.
The New Jersey Korean Presbyterian Churchs cookbook committee, headed by Kim Myung Gee, chose 80 Korean dishes to be included. They plan to introduce the foods that the Korean community enjoys everyday: kalbi (spare ribs), jahpcheh, and kimchi, along with such foods for special occasions as duhk soup (soup with flour noodles) and GooJuhlPahn (pancakes), and the culture and history of the dishes.
The history and culture of a people is contained in their ethnic food, said Gee, adding, the process of cooking and tasting the traditional foods of other ethnic groups will help us to understand them.
The hope is that many ethnic communities will recognize, through this cookbook, that they are part of one brotherhood under God. Our three churches have and it is the greatest happiness, Gee said. The profits from this cookbook will go towards scholarships and events that encourage multinational cooperation, he said.
The Paterson United Presbyterian Church, which many Hispanics and blacks attend, is truly a church that is graced by the presence of God, said Rev. Jack Lore of the Franklin Lakes Chuch. People will understand each other through their diverse foods, he added.
The Korean Presbyterian Church (Rev. Chang-gil Kim), the black Paterson United Presbyterian Church (Rev. David Sonton), and the mostly white Franklin Lakes Church (Rev. Jack Lore) collaboratively will publish a cookbook of more than 200 international recipes in December.
Breaking Bread Together will include many recipes of Korean, black and white origin, background information and stories related to the foods. Five hundred copies of the first edition of this book will be published in both English and Korean.
These churches began their relationship last year after September 11th, when they held several seminars on the subject of racial discrimination.
The three churches have held joint masses and their choirs have toured the other two churches, strengthening the bond between them. They were fascinated by each others traditional foods and decided to compile this cookbook, and are now in the process of editing it.
On October 6th, they displayed the foods that will be included in the cookbook after the joint mass at the Patterson United Presbyterian Church. From the three churches over 200 people attended and some 400 foods were prepared including Boolgogi (sautéed sliced beef), Jahpcheh (sweet potato noodles with vegetables), fried fish filet covered with egg, kimchi (spicy cabbage), bean sprouts and Mexican dip, seafood lasagna, and angel hair pasta.
The New Jersey Korean Presbyterian Churchs cookbook committee, headed by Kim Myung Gee, chose 80 Korean dishes to be included. They plan to introduce the foods that the Korean community enjoys everyday: kalbi (spare ribs), jahpcheh, and kimchi, along with such foods for special occasions as duhk soup (soup with flour noodles) and GooJuhlPahn (pancakes), and the culture and history of the dishes.
The history and culture of a people is contained in their ethnic food, said Gee, adding, the process of cooking and tasting the traditional foods of other ethnic groups will help us to understand them.
The hope is that many ethnic communities will recognize, through this cookbook, that they are part of one brotherhood under God. Our three churches have and it is the greatest happiness, Gee said. The profits from this cookbook will go towards scholarships and events that encourage multinational cooperation, he said.
The Paterson United Presbyterian Church, which many Hispanics and blacks attend, is truly a church that is graced by the presence of God, said Rev. Jack Lore of the Franklin Lakes Chuch. People will understand each other through their diverse foods, he added.