Hi, My name is Craig and this is my first blog.

I'm going to write about the Cook and Eat Well sessions on Wednesday mornings. I'm a new volunteer and in the five months I've been coming I've eaten Somalian, Libyan, Gujrati dishes and many more: each one delicious.

On Wednesday 21st December 2011 we hosted a tenants' Christmas party. We had lots of great people come to Open Office and we had wonderful food including samosas from Roti Junction and mince pies. Yum Yum!

In Cook & Eat Well this week Aysha and Manal showed us how to make Sudanese lamb and okra (and a chicken and okra variation) which we then enjoyed with rice and home-made "avocado salad" (like a guacamole) .

All the dishes were extremely tasty.

We had a really good women's peace event today =) 

You can all see our work on the new display about important women throughout history and what we love about being a women.

Take some inspiration from some of the quotes on the board too!

Autumn is really here now and we have a wide range of activities planned - including some to celebrate Coventry's annual Peace Festival.

On October 10th we had our third Men's Monday event. We started the day off with some talking and discussing what we can do on Men's Monday in the future.

We played Four Square which was fun and invigorating. Later on we played some board games and did some cooking. We will be having another Men's Monday event on the 14th November.

We hosted our second Community Iftari this year.

Below are some comments from the some of the people that came along, to make it another fantastic and memorable occasion.

The week of the "riots" in London and across the country, we reached out for and met with our neighbours of many communities - asking how were people being affected, and how could we bring our neighbourhood together for justice and peace.

Recently we delivered a joint training session for four voluntary sector organisations locally in "Welcoming People Well", one of our core skills.

Our weekly Cook and Eat Well sessions have been very well attended and great fun. It has been good learning different dishes from around the world - and also different cooking methods such as steaming, blanching and preserving.

Read on for more, including more pictures: