The Project Cook Story

Welcome to the Project Cook Recipe Archive.  

If you are looking for the main Project Cook site, [click here]


If you are not sure how you got here but find yourself intrigued, here is what Project Cook is all about:

Short Version

Good Food = Good Life.  

We like cooking. 
We want to do it more often. 
And we want you to join us.  

Longer Version 

Project Cook started about a year ago when I decided I wanted to get more “serious” about cooking, but wasn’t sure where to start.  So I invited my friend Mike (a fully trained chef and generally inspiring human being) over to join me while I started experimenting.  We made Little Bean Soup and talked about how nice it would be to have more people to practice cooking with on a regular basis.  We decided we would keep at it, and also invite more people next time.  When we did, it was even more enjoyable, so we committed to doing it with a new recipe, as often as possible.  Thus, our version of Project Cook was born.

As an MPH student studying Community Health Education I am interested in finding ways to improve health on a daily basis, that work in people's lives.  For our generation, I think becoming confident and competent cooks has the potential to drastically improve the health of each of us as individuals, and also to slow or even reverse the negative health trends that threaten future generations.  We just need somewhere to start.  So that’s the idea behind Project Cook.

Another way to put it is that we believe with a little effort we can grow a visible community of young adults who are actively trying to improve their cooking skills.

Another way to put it is that we like excuses to have dinner parties.

So that is how this all got started.  And now, as Project Cook combines with U Students Like Good Food, and the University of Minnesota, the idea is spreading.  And we think it's a good thing.  

So if you are up for a little adventure, join us, and become a part of Generation Y in the kitchen.