Teaching Peace through Food

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Having a recipe handy is the key to a good cooking experience.

Fr. Ian Delinger

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This salsa used canned tomatoes to lessen the amount of chopping.

Fr. Ian Delinger

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Only a few ingredients in this simple salsa.

Fr. Ian Delinger

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The finished salsa

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Many hands make light work when prepping the masa for tortillas.

Fr. Ian Delinger

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The dough is then shaped into golf-ball-sized balls.

Fr. Ian Delinger

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The balls of dough then need to be pressed into tortillas, using a tortilla press.

Fr. Ian Delinger

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The tortillas then need to be fried.

Fr. Ian Delinger

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Time to share!

Fr. Ian Delinger

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Everything you need for a pH Tea Party!

Fr. Ian Delinger

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Prepping the pancit

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Cooking the pancit

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Enjoying the pancit!

Fr. Ian Delinger

The Peace Academy of the Sciences and Arts
summer camp included preparing and sharing food. Having the kids playing with food was a small part of their week-long program. But like all the other elements of the program, the Peace Academy leadership knew that preparing and sharing food is a vital element in achieving their pillars and values.