{"id":85102,"date":"2018-03-09T12:47:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T11:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=85102"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:02:23","slug":"veganistisch-koken-op-internationale-vrouwendag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/03\/09\/veganistisch-koken-op-internationale-vrouwendag\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan cooking on International Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Topical or perhaps not: on International Women\u2019s Day, the Sustainable Foodlab organised a sustainable cooking workshop. Erasmus Magazine visited the sold-out event and tasted (not just) the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

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Carrots, avocado and quinoa everywhere: health and veganism are the clear themes during the Sustainable Foodlab\u2019s vegan cooking workshop on Thursday 8 March in the Hatta building.<\/p>\n

Pinar Coskun, one of the organisers, explains why this cooking workshop is so important to her: \u201cAll the food that you see here is vegan, but it\u2019s not just about veganism and healthy eating. The workshop is also intended to teach students about not wasting food. We want students to approach food in a responsible way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There are lots of young women in the workshop area, busy getting their hands dirty with rice, vegetables and mayonnaise with no animal products. Interestingly, there are no men around, although the workshop was open to them too, says Coskun.<\/p>\n\n\t

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Is cooking on Women\u2019s Day not slightly too conventional? \u201cWe chose it because the theme of International Women\u2019s Day is health,\u201d Coskun explains. \u201cWhat\u2019s more, this is also \u2018The Meat-Free Week\u2019, so we thought that the workshop would be rather appropriate. If you don\u2019t eat meat for a week, that\u2019s equivalent to not using electricity for nine days. At Foodlab, we feel it\u2019s important to teach young people about these things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Healthy food<\/h2>

Everyone is now chatting to each other: about food, veganism, health, as well as women\u2019s rights. All the girls are here for different reasons: some for social reasons, others to improve their cooking skills, like Rebecca. \u201cI love eating and cooking. I\u2019d already enrolled for the talk show this afternoon when I received an invitation to come to this workshop. I thought it would be brilliant to learn more about healthy food and veganism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apparently, most of the women are doing the cooking workshop because they\u2019re going to a chat show about women and health, the main event of International Women\u2019s Day on campus. \u201cI think it\u2019s important to stand up for women\u2019s rights,\u201d says Mainuma, as she prepares a sushi roll. \u201cToday, we need to celebrate women: their strengths, weaknesses and everything they contribute to society. For me, it\u2019s particularly important because there are many parts of the world where women are still oppressed and don\u2019t have such a good life as we have in the West.\u201d<\/p>\n

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