Manchester Jewish Museum

06/10/2023

On the last day of Sukkot we’re looking at different examples of Sukkah in our collection. 🌿🌾

Did you know that before our Spanish & Portuguese synagogue was transformed into a museum, the congregation used to have their own Sukkah in our building? 🕍

We even have the paper invitation to the laying of the foundation stone and a silver and ivory trowel (currently on public display!), which was presented on the day to Issac Cansino, the synagogue’s president at the time. 👀

Have you built a Sukkah this year? Post a picture in the comments, we’d love to see! 📸

03/10/2023

Join us on Sunday, 15 October as we once again open our doors for anyone to visit the museum for FREE as part of Cheetham Cultural Festival 🙌

Get ready for a fun day filled with family-friendly activities, tasty food and performances, which celebrate the vibrant communities of our museum and bring Jewish Mancunian stories to life. 🧡

Explore the fascinating stories on our gallery and learn about the communities who once gathered to worship in our Grade II* listed 1874 Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue. 🕍 Here's what we've planned:

👢 Dive into an origami shoe-making workshop led by the museum’s Crafty Corner!

🍩Decorate your own sweet, tasty Cinnamon Balls with the Foodie Group.

🎵Help us write a ‘Song for the Future’ as we get ready to create a new time capsule for our synagogue’s 150th anniversary in 2024.

🤩 Watch a beautiful performance by the museum's Song-Writing Group, with songs inspired by stories within our collection.

🎭Meet the fantastic Cheetham Hill and Crumpsall Ambassadors from the Royal Exchange Theatre. Listen to a song from their brand-new theatre piece, which will be staged later that day at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre AUGB Manchester.

All activities are free and all ages are welcome. We've got a limited capacity so early bookings are encouraged. Book your free ticket here: https://www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/event/cheetham-cultural-festival-2023-museum-open-day/

02/10/2023

📣 Join our Creative Activists! ✊ We're calling students, artists and creative people aged 18-25 to help us curate a Museum Open Day for Holocaust Memorial Day 2024. It’s a great opportunity to meet new people, work with professional artists and develop creative skills.

During our weekly meetings we will be delving into stories from our museum’s collection related to the Second World War and the Holocaust. We will be exploring how the Holocaust continues to affect people today, and the different ways in which people remember - whether it’s through writing, baking, performance, or crafting. We will then use those stories to inspire social change through art and activism. 🎨✒️

In our first workshop, on Wednesday, 18 October, you will get the chance to look around the museum, and to find out more about the project aims and opportunities. You will also meet participants from previous years to hear about their experiences. No previous artistic experience necessary. Just bring yourself and an open mind! 😊

Book for free:

We are incredibly excited to welcome you to the first meeting of the Creative Activists 2023-24 project! Join our Creative Activists and help us programme a museum open day for Holocaust Memorial Day 2024. It’s a great opportunity to meet new people, work with professional artists and develop crea...

28/09/2023

Here at MJM we love a good illuminated address so today we’ve decided to show you a couple of gorgeous ones from our collection. 🖼️

Which one caught your eye? 👁️

26/09/2023

Join us next month as the critically-acclaimed experimental folk duo Fran & Flora present their new music as part of our Synagogue Nights! 🤩

Quickly becoming one of the UK’s most sought-after acts, Fran&Flora draw inspiration for their material from their travels and mentors across Eastern Europe and beyond, channelling melodies of Klezmer, Transylvanian, Romanian, Greek and Armenian music. 🎻

Having just finished their second album together, cellist Francesca Ter-Berg and violinist Flora Curzon come to Manchester to present some of their new material in our synagogue. Expect a truly atmospheric evening and some mesmerising sounds! 🎶

Book below:

Critically acclaimed duo Fran & Flora present new music from their forthcoming album Precious Collection.

22/09/2023

Synagogue Nights is back! The newly renovated Manchester Jewish Museum will host another striking programme of events this autumn.

21/09/2023

The museum would like to wish you and your families a meaningful and reflective day and an easy fast this Yom Kippur ❤️

Please also remember that the museum will be closed on Monday, 25 September for Yom Kippur. We’ll be back open on Tuesday, 26 September from 10am 📌

Thank you and Shana Tova ✡️

20/09/2023

📣Are you a Foodie? Do you like cooking at home and trying out new recipes? Come to our free Foodie Group workshop this Friday! 🥣

Our September session will be co-hosted by Filis Rosenberg, who will show us how to make a Sephardi dish called Mejedra. 🌶️

Filis was born in Cork, in the Republic of Ireland. Her Jewish grandparents left Russia in approximately 1900, and arrived respectively in Cork and in the capital, Dublin. When she came to live in Manchester she stayed with a family who had Sephardi connections and she had, for the very first time, Mejedra, and has been mildly addicted to it ever since! 🍴

Mejedra is associated with the Middle East and consists of mainly rice, lentils, onions and spices and is enjoyed by itself or can accompany other foods. During the session, we will learn how to cook the dish and create our very own dips and drinks to go with it. No experience necessary, come and have fun in our kitchen! 🧡

Our September session will be co-hosted by Filis Rosenberg who will be showing us how to make a Sephardi dish called Mejedra. Our Foodie Group meet monthly to discuss, cook and eat food inspired by stories from our collection, artists and events we programme, as well as our own members’ heritage a...

14/09/2023

On the occasion of Rosh Hashanah we’d like to wish you and your loved ones a sweet, healthy and happy New Year from all of us at Manchester Jewish Museum🍏🍯

We’d also like to thank you for supporting the museum, whether it’s by visiting us, attending our events, using our cafe or being an MJM Member. Your support means we can share the stories of Jewish Manchester with the world and bring communities together, celebrating our similarities and differences. ❤️

If you’d like to support our work and connect closer to what we do you can become an MJM Member and, as a thank you from us, get access to multiple benefits like a bi-monthly newsletter with collection updates from our curator, priority booking to our events and a 10% discount in our cafe and shop. For details visit: https://www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/about-us/support/mjmmembers/

Please also remember that the museum will be closed on Saturday and Sunday (16-17 September) for Rosh Hashanah. We’ll be back open on Monday, 18 September from 10am 📌

Shana Tova! ✡️

13/09/2023

In our collection we keep many objects relating to Jewish opticians. One of our favourites is the below wooden box with a hydrometer, which belonged to Woolf (‘William’) Aronsberg. 👓

William was born in 1833 in Kurland, now part of Latvia. He came to Britain in about 1850, living first in Glasgow and then Liverpool where he married Ernestine. They had two sons, Aaron and Ralph. In 1864 he set up his optician business in Manchester. The firm's main trade was spectacles but it also made and sold precision mathematical and drawing instruments such as this hydrometer. 🌡️

William also became a well-known philanthropist. In 1872, he gave nearly 300 pairs of spectacles to the Manchester Blind Asylum. In 1896 his son Aaron took over the business and ran it until his retirement in 1923. It was then taken over by another Jewish opticians, A. Franks & Co. Ltd.

Speaking of which! The below pince-nez were made by A Franks & Co. These glasses were popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were supported without earpieces, by pinching the bridge of the nose. 👀

Louis Aubrey Franks set up his optician business in the 19th century. He was firstly trading in Deansgate and later moved to King Street in Manchester.

If you’ve been to the museum, you may have also noticed the portrait and business advert relating to Elias Nathan. Elias was the son of Jacob Nathan, one of the founding members of Manchester’s Jewish community. Can you believe that out of Jacob’s eleven sons, eight became opticians? 🥼

Elias set up shop as a jeweller, watchmaker and optician in Chapel Street, Salford in 1829. He later became a consulting optician to Manchester eye hospital. 🏥

Make sure to have a look at these objects when you visit the museum.

11/09/2023

10/09/2023

Have you ever seen children holding cardboard cones like this? 🍬

This is a "Schultüte" or a "school cone". According to an old German tradition, this huge cardboard cone is given to children on their very first day of school. It is usually filled with sweets, stationery and toys to celebrate the big day of starting school and starting on a new path. And also, to sweeten the separation of the child from home! 🍫

The girl in the first picture is Thea Hurst. She was born in Leipzig, Germany in 1925. Her father was a fur trader from Poland. In January 1939 he fled from Germany to Poland, while Thea’s brother, Adi came to England on the kindertransport. Thea and her mother Rosa followed a few months later.

The plan was that her father was to join them here but sadly, he never made it and perished in Treblinka. Thea, Adi and Rosa went to live in London before being evacuated to Yorkshire.

Thea was a big supporter of our museum and was responsible for the production of a ‘Friends of MJM Recipe Book’ in the 90s, which now lives in our archive. 📙

The second photograph shows Isle Hamburger on her way to school. Isle was born in Frankfurt in 1939 and came to Yorkshire at the age of 7. Her family then settled in Manchester, where she grew up and met her husband, Walter. They married in 1958 at South Manchester Synagogue. 🕍

Have you ever heard about this tradition before? Let us know in a comment!

07/09/2023

📣All Synagogue Nights events can now be booked on our website:
https://www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/season/synagogue-nights-2023/

Which ones are you planning to go to? Let us know in a comment below! 🤩

Join us this autumn for a series of atmospheric evening events in the unique setting of our 1874 Spanish & Portuguese synagogue.

06/09/2023

📣We couldn’t wait to share this news with you all. The much-loved Synagogue Nights are back this autumn, with an exciting programme of five shows, celebrating Jewish stories in all their diversity. 🌛🕍

From eclectic grooves and mesmerising vocals to lesser-heard stories from the past, this year’s programme brings together artists from a wide range of genres, showcasing young talent from Manchester and beyond.

Here’s what’s coming up:

🎵22/10 Fran & Flora

Fran & Flora are quickly becoming one of the UK’s most sought-after bands. This experimental folk duo, made up of cellist Francesca Ter-Berg and violinist Flora Curzon, draw inspiration from their travels and mentors in Eastern Europe and beyond. Having just finished their second album together, they come to Manchester to present their new music in our synagogue.

🎤29/10 Journeys into Jewish song with James Nissen

A truly atmospheric evening of Jewish songs from all over the world, sung in Yiddish, Ladino, Hebrew, Greek and English. Whether you love Jewish music or have never heard it before, come to sing-along, dance, listen and learn, laugh or cry - let’s go on our personal journey through song!

🪘16/11 Noga Ritter Trio

Following on from her sold-out 2022 Synagogue Nights show, Noga and her band come back to Manchester with a newly released album, “Ima”. Listen to Noga’s new songs, tracing influences from her upbringing, travels and encounters and sing-along to the firm favourites. Get moving to these irresistible sounds!

🍳 “Becoming Nigella” (in concert) by Emily Rose, performed by Tanya Truman & Natasha Karp

Funny, heartwarming and mouth-salivating new musical in concert, inspired by Nigella Lawson. Expect laughter, tears, roast chicken and some very imperfect cooking!

🎬 3/12 “Out of Exile: The Photography of Fred Stein”

Join us for a screening of this award-winning documentary about an unknown photographer who created iconic images of the 20th century.

Bookings open:

• today for MJM Members
• tomorrow (7/9) for general sale

Full programme: https://www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/season/synagogue-nights-2023/

We hope to see you there! 💜

05/09/2023

Today is and we'd like to thank all of our supporters, members and volunteers who make our work possible. 💜

Your support means we can bring people together, celebrate diversity and make connections, by exploring both what makes us unique and what binds us all together. 🤝

Help us continue to connect Jewish stories, culture and traditions to the world and our society. Never has this been more important. 🕍

https://www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/about-us/support/

04/09/2023

Last weekend we held another “Make It” workshop and this time we were making embroidered badges! 🪡

Here are some of the beautiful creations our participants made. 🍄

Thank you to everyone who joined us. We hope you had a nice afternoon at the museum 🌻

We’ve got lots of creative activities coming up this month, including cooking, song-writing and shoemaking! So if you’re looking for fun & free things to do this autumn, head to our website right now 👋

https://www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/whats-on/

02/09/2023

Autumn is just around the corner and you know what that means...We've got a big announcement coming up! 🤫🎵

Our members get priority booking for all major events. So if you'd like to secure your place early, become a member today! 🤩

Sing up here: https://bit.ly/3P90p1U

31/08/2023

🪡 Cornofsky embroidered pieces 🧵

These three embroidered samplers were made by sisters, Rachel and Florence Cornofsky. They were donated to our museum’s collection by Rachel’s granddaughter. 🖼️

Rachel Cornofsky was born in Manchester in 1893. Her father, Joseph was from Kovno, now Lithuania and worked as a traveller in drapery. He naturalised in 1913 and lived on 11 Patten Street in Withington, Manchester. 👁️

His wife, Rachel’s mother, Amalia Tyshimke came from Prussia. Below you can see a beautiful embroidered piece from our collection, which was a gift from Rachel and her sister Florence to Amalia and reads 'With Love to Dear Mother from Rachel and Florrie, 31st October.'💞

Rachel married Morris Goldberg and had four children: Joan, Jack, Bernice and Nita (donor's mother). When she passed away in 1979, the samplers were passed onto her granddaughter who had them framed and eventually donated them to our museum. 🕍

If you’d like to try your hand at embroidery, come to our “Make It!” workshop this Sunday and give it a go! Book here: https://www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/activitie/make-it-embroidered-badges/

30/08/2023

📣 Do you love sharing stories and connecting people through food? Would you like to work in (officially) the best museum café in the UK? 🥑

We are looking for a Café Team Leader to supervise the daily operation of our vegetarian café and work with the team to delve into the rich, diverse stories of Jewish Manchester, creating seasonal dishes inspired by what you find from the ground up. 🥗

If this sounds like you, have a look at the full role description in the link below. 👇

And if you're interested in applying, please send your CV with a Cover Note (max 2 sides of A4) to our Cafe & Retail Operations Manager, Richard McCarthy at [email protected] by 9am, Monday 20th September 2023. 📩

Are you interested in joining an inclusive and ambitious creative organisation? Do you want to help us bring people together to connect and share our stories?

28/08/2023

📣Are you interested in exploring contemporary Jewish culture? Do you like meeting new people and discussing ideas? Join us this Wednesday for Jewish Culture Club, where we'll be discussing musical collaborations! 🎶

In June 2023, Israeli singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teamed up with award-winning English composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for a new album ‘Jarak Qaribak’. The album is a collaboration between Middle Eastern vocalists and musicians, celebrating different styles, traditions, and sounds. 🎤

“Jarak Qaribak” translates as “Your Neighbour Is Your Friend”, with each vocalist singing a tune that originates from a country other than their own.

During the session we will share our opinions and thoughts on this new collaboration, connecting it to how music shapes our identities and celebrates the different cultures we are part of. We will also explore stories of Jewish families connected to Baghdad and our former Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue. And of course, we'll have a cuppa! ☕

Book for FREE:

This week we will be exploring musical collaborations, talking about how music shapes our identities and how it shares traditions and cultures. Our inspiration will be Jarak Qaribak, a new collaboration between Israeli musician and artist Dudu Tassa and Radiohead’s English guitarist Jonny Greenwoo...

24/08/2023

😍 We were donated a golden wedding video!

It is so beautiful it makes us smile every time we watch it!

The video shows the 50th wedding anniversary party of Sam and Ray Cohen, which took place at the Hilton Suite in Manchester in 1970. 🎞️

Rachel known as Ray was born in Telz (now Lithuania). When she was 6 months old her family came to Manchester and settled in Strangeways. Ray’s dad, Samuel was a fruit and veg dealer. 🍏

Ray worked for Morris Cohen manufacturing clothing in Tenerife Street. She met Sam through work when she was still a teenager. They would go on dates to dance halls together. They married in 1920. 💞

In our collection we keep more objects relating to Sam and Ray, some dating way back in time including hand-written letters, sent during the First World War, before they were married. ✉️

In 1977 Ray was interviewed by the museum and donated a collection of photographs. We absolutely love this story and are so happy it now lives on in our collection. 🥰

Do you keep any hand-written letters from loved-ones? Have you ever sent one? Let us know in a comment below!👇

24/08/2023

Thank you to everyone who came to our Arts Award workshop! 🥰

We absolutely love all of your creations and hope you had a fun day at the museum 🌈

Don't worry if you've missed it. We have plenty of creative activities coming up and you're more than welcome to join! 🥳

This Sunday we're baking sweet and delicious kichels and all ages are welcome. Book here: https://bit.ly/43YnSbr 🧑‍🍳

21/08/2023

We've got a jam-packed programme of activities for all ages this summer. ☀️ Here's what's coming up this week:

🎨 TOMORROW: Arts Award: Discover In A Day, a full-day creative workshop for children (ages 7-13). Come explore some beautiful art in our collection and get artsy as we work with collage, sketching and ceramics. You will gain an arts certificate and get to go home with your creations! Tickets: https://bit.ly/3OpajvT

🥦FRIDAY: Foodie Group! This session will be co-hosted by Kit Mo, who will show us how to make Lou Hei, a salad popular in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, eaten during Chinese New Year. We will be pairing this dish with another 'New Year recipe', popular around Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year. Join us and see how these two salads come together! Book here: https://bit.ly/3E36zv1

🧑‍🍳SUNDAY: Make It! Bow-Tie Kichels. Join us to knead, shape and sugar coat these delicious Jewish cookies. Add the finishing touches by creating a beautiful biscuit box to take them home in. All ages welcome! Book here: https://bit.ly/43YnSbr

17/08/2023

⚠️ Please note that due to limited staff availability our Cafe won’t be serving food today.

But don’t worry!

Cakes, snacks and drinks are still available for purchase. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. ☕️🧁

16/08/2023

Have you ever heard about the Manchester photographer, Shloimy? If you don't know, get to know! 👁️

Sholem Alman, or as he was called "Shloimy", was born in Manchester in 1950. Three years earlier his Polish parents, Moishe and Sara arrived here as refugees. 🏭

In 1978, Shloimy, now a Jewish youth worker, was moving to Israel. Before he left, he photographed the streets and buildings that formed part of his youth. He spent days recording Jewish life, from shuls to deli’s, shops, market stalls and traders. 📸

His collection of over 300 colour slides taken during this period now remains as a unique record of a disappeared world. 🎞️

Can you recognise any of the shop names or buildings in the photographs? Let us know in a comment! 👇

16/08/2023

15/08/2023

We are delighted to be named one of Manchester's must-visit "historical sites that have shaped the city’s identity". 😍

Did you know that our collections include more than 31,000 objects, documenting the story of Jewish migration and settlement in Manchester? 🏺

Or that our synagogue has been described by Historic England as “one of the highlights of Victorian Gothic architecture in the country”? 🕍

Plus, we have an award-winning veggie Cafe! 🥙

If you haven't been to the museum yet, book your ticket today! https://www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/your-visit/

Thank you for mentioning us Manchester News 🥰
https://manchesternews.com/the-must-visit-historical-sites-in-manchester/

Welcome to Manchester, a city steeped in history and brimming with captivating tales from the past. If you're a history enthusiast, you're in for a treat. Dis

14/08/2023

📣 We're looking for a Creative Producer to join our Team!

Do you have experience in delivering events and activity programme within an arts, heritage or cultural setting? Do you enjoy working with culturally diverse communities? We'd love to hear from you! 🙌

Read the full role description below and apply by 10am, Friday, 18 August by sending a covering letter and updated CV to our Programmes Manager, Gemma, at [email protected] 📩

Are you interested in joining an inclusive and ambitious creative organisation? Do you want to help us bring people together to connect and share our stories?

11/08/2023

Yesterday’s Crafty Corner, led by the talented artist Emily Gubbay was an absolute delight! 🪻🌺

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this creative session as we explored the magical world of fabric dyeing using flowers and plants 🌻🌹

Here are some snapshots from the workshop 📸

The next Crafty Corner will be in September. These sessions get booked quickly so make sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be among the first to know when bookings open 📩

09/08/2023

Are you looking for fun and creative things to keep your little (and not so little!) ones occupied this summer? ☀️

Following the success of last year’s sessions, we are once again offering a full-day Arts Award workshop to children visiting the museum this summer. 🪁

Arts Award takes children and young people on a creative journey, exploring the arts world, discovering their potential as artists, developing leadership skills – and gaining a recognised qualification along the way. 🎨

During our "Discover in A Day" you will explore some beautiful art in our collection and learn about the incredible life and work of Jewish artist, Margarete Heymann (Grete Marks). Get inspired to create your own art! The workshop will involve lots of hands-on activities, including sketching, collage, and ceramic art. 🧩

Over the course of the day you will complete a logbook, which you can take home with you. We will also post you your Arts Award Discover certificate after the session! Book today to secure your place:

Come along to our Discover in A Day, a full day of creative activities, and explore beautiful art in our galleries and collection. Get artsy as we draw, make collages and work with ceramic. You will receive an Arts Award certificate and get to go home with your creations!

08/08/2023

It's International Cat Day today and we finally have an excuse to show you this beautiful painting we found in our archive! 🐈

"Lady with cat" was painted by a Jewish Mancunian artist, art critic and playwright, Emmanuel Levy. He was born in 1900 in Hightown, Manchester. His parents were both Russian-Jewish refugees, who had settled in the city towards the end of the 19th century. 👨‍🎨

He was educated locally at Manchester Jews School and received lessons from local Jewish painter Henry Vitofski. He then went to study together with Laurence Stephen Lowry at Manchester School of Art. 🎨

Levy’s 60-year career was so closely associated with Manchester that Lord Ardwick described him as “a Manchester man through and through. But”, he continued, “there is nothing provincial or even distinctly English in his work. He is a citizen of the world”. 🌍

In 1928 Levy also began a second, highly successful career as a teacher and became special instructor in life drawing at Manchester University School of Architecture. Towards the end of the Second World War Levy met and married one of his students, Ursula Leo. He continued to teach, taking up a lecturing position in the 1950s and 60s at Manchester and Stockport College of Art and later Hammersmith in London. 🧑‍🏫

He specialized in portraiture demonstrations – completed at top speed, these ranged from 10 minutes to 1 hour, with Levy chain-smoking throughout. 🖌️ From 1963 Levy settled in London, where he died in 1986, but he always kept on his home in West Didsbury.

In our collection we keep a couple of Levy's paintings and sketches, but this one is definitely one of our favourites! Do you have pet cats? We'd love to see! 🐱

03/08/2023

Join us for the August session of our newly launched group, 'The Crafty Corner'! 🌸 Meet artist Emily Gubbay and delve into the world of bundle dyeing, creating beautiful patterns on fabric with plant-powered magic.

Emily Gubbay is a textile designer and natural colourist offering sustainable colour solutions for fashion and textile through printing and dyeing techniques. All the flowers she uses are UK grown and we will be looking at objects from our collection as colour inspiration!🌻

The session is FREE and open to anyone aged 18 and more, of any level that is interested in exploring arts and crafts. All materials provided, just bring your lovely selves!

Book below:

In this session we will be visited by a textile designer and artist Emily Gubbay. She will be showing us how to create colourful patterns on fabric, using plants, flowers and a steaming technique called bundle dyeing. All the flowers Emily uses are UK grown and we will be looking at objects from our...

02/08/2023

This summer’s rainy weather is a daily talking point in Manchester. But did you know that this is where the waterproof clothing industry started? 🌧️

It all started in 1823 with Charles Macintosh inventing the first double-textured waterproof garments. 🌂

At first they were really expensive, but the invention of the sewing machine in 1851 and a process called vulcanisation in 1844, meant waterproof coats could be produced much cheaper.

From the 1850s, many manufacturing firms opened in Manchester, the majority of which were Jewish businesses. By the 1890s some became major factories employing large Jewish workforces.

Joseph Mandleberg, who owned one of the largest waterproof clothing firms, started operating in 1856 producing “macks”, which were more stylish than the previous waterproof garments. The first trademark of the company was FFO (Free From Odour), indicating a problem with earlier designs! 🧥

Manchester became the centre of British Waterproof clothing industry. 🏭

Workers would usually “make-up” the waterproof garments or be employed as a “shmearer”, sealing the seams of the garment with napthe solution (not a pleasant job!). 🪡

The conditions were tough and in 1889 a Waterproof Garment Makers Union was set up. ✊

After the Second World War, changes in fashion and competition from abroad, resulted in a decline in Manchester’s waterproofing industry. The many factory buildings, which once filled our streets, started to disappear.

In our collections we keep many objects relating to Manchester’s waterproof clothing industry, some of which are on public display. Make sure to have a look when you next visit us! 📸

28/07/2023

Thank you to everyone who came to our July Foodie Group workshop today and to our fantastic host, Kryshana! ❤️

Kryshana is one of the group’s members and a local Cheetham resident. For this month’s session she’s kindly shared some of her (much adored!) home recipes with us. We had freshly made Jhal Muri and some spicy mushrooms, which are a staple at Kryshana’s home. 🫚🌶️

Our Foodie Group meets every month to discuss, cook and eat food inspired by stories from our collection and our own members’ heritage and backgrounds. If you’d like to bring your home recipe and co-host a session, get in touch! All cuisines and cooking skills welcome🙋