Abstract
{bruce rosen}
Dear colleagues and friends,
All of us remember a time – way back in February – when one could freely meet with friends, commute to work, or travel to conferences. Perhaps
even go on a vacation? Those were indeed the “good old days.” Our society changed in an instant, and we have had to quickly adapt to a new
world that was being turned upside-down.
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 swept across the globe, and on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus
outbreak a pandemic. Since then, most of us have stayed home to “flatten the curve” – and have learned how to work remotely effectively. Others
have volunteered to be redeployed to help care for the influx of “COVID-19”-positive patients. Each of us has had to make sacrifices, which for
many includes extended periods of physical separation from close family members.
During this stressful and unpredictable time, it is important for us to remember that the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging is
not just brick and mortar. It is more than a collection of desks, offices, and scanners. It is more than a single geographical location in the
Charlestown Navy Yard that hundreds of people (used to) commute to daily to pursue their research passions. We are a family – connected
through our common passion for understanding how to see living things at work, and how that knowledge can help our larger community get
and stay healthy. And especially during these times, family members take care of each other.
With this cookbook, we hope to provide some small amount of support to the mental and physical wellbeing of our family – through food.
Indeed, we are a Center that represents dozens of countries from around the world and it might be some time before we can travel to all of them.
Instead, the recipes contained herein show peoples’ passion, creativity, and pride in the nourishment of our bodies and minds. While a few of
these recipes appear new, many have been passed down for generations.
I would like to thank everybody who contributed a cherished family recipe, or just something fun to make and eat, to our Martinos Center
cookbook. We may be more isolated from one another, which will likely be the norm for the foreseeable future, yet the Martinos Center family
remains connected through email and Zoom – and now food.
Be well, stay safe, and eat!
Bruce
Director, Athinoula A. Martinos Center
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