Jules Sherred Disability Advocate & Culinary Innovator
Introduction Based in Duncan , B . C ., Canada , Jules is an awardwinning commercial food photographer and stylist , writer and recipe developer , journalist and outspoken advocate for disability and trans rights . His website , Disabled Kitchen and Garden , and his award-nominated cookbook , Crip Up the Kitchen ( CUTK ), were born out of the need to include disabled people in the conversation around food . Learn more and sign up for updates at julessherred . com .
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Up the Kitchen : Tools , Tips and Recipes for The Disabled Cook . Why did you decide to write a cookbook ? There was a time in my life when I ’ d easily spend over five hours cooking . I grew up immersed in strong food cultures . Then my disabilities progressed to the point where I couldn ’ t cook for over five years . The inability to cook — one of the things that is central to my sense of self — cast a shadow over my mental wellbeing . I had not realised how detrimental it was to my happiness until I created strategies for myself that allowed me to reclaim the kitchen and regain access
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