Dr Linda Greenwall launches cookbook
NewsPosted by: Dental Design 24th August 2023
Centred around 295 beloved recipes inspired from everyday heroes, many of which are Dr Greenwell’s extended family members who originated from South Africa and fled Eastern Europe to escape persecution, Food Memories The Cookbook is bursting with delicious ideas for breakfast, salads, soups, snacks, meat, fish and desserts.
Photo: Sir Nairn Wilson – a Parton of Dental Wellness Trust – joins author, dentist and founder of The Dental Wellness Trust, Dr Linda Greenwall, at the launch of her new book: Food Memories The Cookbook – championing the vital part food plays in Jewish culture and tradition.
Despite the hardship they faced, their passion for sharing delicious food with loved ones helped them through such difficult times. It is these family recipes, detailed in the cookbook, which are their food memories – lovingly preserved and each telling a unique story about heroism and values.
The recipes veer from the incredibly simple such as broccoli salad to the more elaborate, including Perogen meat pies that hail from Dr Greenwell’s five generational roots in Lithuania to South Africa and back to London.
The Cookbook also includes a wide selection of super healthy food dishes packed with flavour, crunch, punch and zing and are ideal for maintaining optimal health.
The inspiration for the cookbook came during the Covid-19 lockdown in London during March 2020. Despite the many challenges lockdown life brought, it enabled Dr Greenwall to spend precious time with her children and husband preparing as many as 21 meals a day.
The family soon realised they needed to expand their weekly and daily repertoire of what to cook and eat. Approaching her birthday, Dr Greenwall decided they should compile a cookbook using their most cherished traditional family recipes, with occasional new twists on traditional Jewish fayre.
She hopes this new Cookbook will be passed on to the next generation (and beyond) and inspire foodie ideas to serve at family celebrations, special occasions or get-togethers. Ultimately, it’s about creating wonderful food memories that last a lifetime.
The book includes a dedicated chapter to becoming sugar free (which is a major cause of tooth decay) and also details Dr Greenwell’s own family’s immigration story and how this has impacted on family tradition, memories and, of course, food.
Food Memories The Cookbook by Dr Linda Greenwall is available via dentalwellnesstrust.org, priced £48
All profit from the book will go towards funding the vital work of the Dental Wellness Trust charity, both here in the UK and internationally
