Recipes Shared By Domestic Violence Survivors Find Home In Uptown Shelter’s Cookbook

UPTOWN — For more than 35 years, Chicagoans who have experienced gender-based violence have found community and safety in Apna Ghar. Many of those who have stayed at the nonprofit’s shelter in Uptown spend time in the shared kitchen, where residents prepare meals for themselves and their families and share food. Over the years, the kitchen has produced dishes from the 50 different countries of those who have passed through it. “Recipes From Our Home,” a cookbook to be released Monday, features 29 recipes from domestic violence survivors who have used Apna Ghar’s emergency housing services. The book’s release coincides with Domestic Violence Awareness Month. All proceeds from the book, which will also be available as an ebook, will be used to fund the center’s services. You can preorder the cookbook here. “Recipes From Our Home” came together organically out of conversations that began five years ago, said Neha Gill, Apna Ghar’s executive director, who has been at the cen