Taste of Parkdale
COMMUNITY COOKBOOK
Get ready to show off your cooking skills!
Our Community Cookbook is a celebration of the diverse flavours and traditions that make Parkdale unique. Each dish has been submitted by a member of our community, crafted with ingredients that are commonly found at the Parkdale Community Food Bank.
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Submissions are now open for the Spring/Summer 2025 edition of our Community Cook Book!
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For this edition, we are looking for recipes in the following categories
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Breakfast Recipes: Show off your favourite recipes to start your day.
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Tomatoes: Sweet or savoury, fresh or canned, show us how you like to utilize tomatoes.
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Vegetarian Proteins: Submit your favourite protein packed meat free recipes.
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DIY Sauces & Condiments: Show off your go-to recipes for when you’re feeling saucy!
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Meal Prep: Submit recipes that allow you to stretch ingredients over multiple meals.
Guidelines
We want our cookbook to be accessible and affordable to everyone, so we’ve put some guidelines in place. Don’t worry, they're designed to make participation easy and fun!
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All recipes must be vegetarian or vegan.
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Recipes should not involve special equipment (stick to stovetop, oven, and microwave).
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Recipes cannot contain more than 8 essential ingredients and up to 5 optional ingredients.
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All entries will be judged based on originality, accessibility, affordability, and adherence to challenge guidelines.
Looking for a copy of our latest edition?
Our Fall/Winter 2024 edition is currently available for purchase at the following businesses. We recommend reaching out to them directly to confirm they still have copies available before making the trip:​​
Download past editions
Explore and download copies of our past editions, now out of print, at the link below.