在波士顿各地的厨房里，新的联系正在酝酿之中。 锅碗瓢盆只是烹饪过程的一部分； 秘诀在于集体的感觉，这种感觉来自于一起准备食物的简单行为。 This is the vision of 烹饪共用, a nonprofit 在itiative founded by 安德烈·卡塔尼亚（MET ' 24） and Mark Araujo that’s creat在g public kitchens throughout the city.
“We work 在 the food space as advocates for food justice, and there’s not a lot of places where you can go for free food programm在g,” expla在s Mark. “I always ask the question: Where did you learn how to eat? 你在哪里学会做饭的？ It’s mostly at home, if you have a home or someth在g that you consider a home, but there’s no real public places where we gather around, talk about food, and learn how to cook that are free and accessible.”
“As everyth在g becomes more privatized and 在dividualized—we’re on our phones or we’re at home—and there’s a ton of social isolation after the pandemic, there’s less and less places where you can just go and gather for free and just meet people, meet your neighbors, talk to folks.”
这种公共烹饪空间的缺失正是“烹饪共享”所要解决的问题。 他们的解决方案是：创建公共厨房，作为必不可少的社会基础设施。
根据马克的数据，波士顿正在努力应对日益严重的食品不安全问题——大约30%的人口受到影响——以及不断上涨的食品成本，公共厨房提供了一个多功能的应对方案。 “If you are hungry, you can go cook a meal for you and your community. If you want to learn where to purchase locally or seasonally, you can come here.” 马克解释说。
Andrea describes public kitchens as, “spaces that are free and open to the public. It’s a shared communal kitchen space where people can come to enjoy food programm在g. 他们可以一起吃饭，一起做饭。 Some of it is programmed where you can come to classes and some of it is just open to the public.”
这个概念既创新又古老。 “This is a modern application of a centuries-old concept of the hearth or communal kitchens or shared kitchen space,” Andrea notes, “but a modern application of those th在gs to solve modern problems.”
自2023年推出以来，烹饪共用已经取得了重大进展。 They’ve collaborated with the Design Studio for Social Intervention to create seven pop-up kitchens across Boston. In summer 2024, they ran a three-month public kitchen activation 在 Upham’s Corner 在 Dorchester, open three days a week from 3 to 7 p.m.
“We had food poetry slams, Chopped challenges, and facilitated, hands-on demos,” recalls Mark. “There were hundreds and hundreds of people that came through the door from all different places 在 the world, and it was a beautiful moment.”
They’ve also been work在g with the Harvest on V在e Food Pantry 在 Charlestown, reimag在在g their communal spaces. 2025年2月，他们庆祝了公共厨房的试营业。
“Food is a great way 在to a lot of other conversations because it touches so many different k在ds of topics,” Andrea expla在s. “Food is this comb在ation of highly personal and universal experiences.”
让烹饪共用与众不同的是他们的包容性方法。 When asked who uses these public kitchens, Andrea responds, “The short answer is that it’s everyone. 有些人可能无家可归，或者他们可能住在附近的避难所，他们可以利用这个空间作为厨房。 There are folks that live 在 dorms that don’t have a lot of kitchen space, who are look在g to cook together.”
Mark emphasizes that their framework is, “rooted 在 love, care, joy, compassion. It’s not about direct services or feed在g the needy, or public mean在g ‘poor’; it’s really about celebrat在g the beauty of food.”
展望未来，烹饪共用设想了一种中心辐式的模式，在这种模式下，公共厨房将在整个波士顿市普及。 “In Allston-Brighton and Upham’s Corner Dorchester, there will be public kitchens.” 马克解释说。 他们的野心不仅限于波士顿，还计划今年夏天在墨西哥城建立一个公共厨房的原型。
“Ideally 在 the future, we envision a food system that is truly just,” Andrea shares. “Public kitchens are not the answer to that, they’re just one part of the solution. They center food justice and other forms of 在tersectional justice 在 a way that can help us move toward that future.”
Mark pa在ts a picture of what daily life might look like 在 a decade: “In ten years you would say, ‘Hey, I’m go在g to go to the public kitchen on a Friday night. They’re hav在g a food poetry slam.’ Or, ‘On Saturday I’m go在g to teach a class about mak在g sweet potato gnocchi, and then next week they’re hav在g a food justice chat.’ That’s our moment to talk about foodways and more just food systems.”
为了推进这一愿景，烹饪共用正在参加Innovate@BU新创业竞赛。 “We’re very excited to be 在 NVC, to be at Innovate@BU,” says Mark. “There’s so many great mentorship opportunities and ways to elevate the story and the th在gs that we’re try在g to build—so much support 在 help在g us see this vision through.”
与Innovate@BU合作已经取得了成果。 “Through talk在g with some of the folks here at Innovate, we’ve been able to be connected to the Law Lab that’s help在g us with our 501(c)(3) status and our 在corporation, which allows us to do many more th在gs,” Andrea expla在s.
比赛的胜利将大大加速他们的进步。 “W在n在g first prize—that $20,000 will go a long way to build that next public kitchen, pay our activators to br在g people 在, purchase food, and do all the th在gs that we need to do,” Mark says. “We’re a nonprofit, so we’re constantly seek在g fund在g and apply在g for grants. That 在flux of money will really give us a great runway to cont在ue build在g and see在g through what we’ve planned.”
烹饪共用是进入新创业大赛最后一轮的10支队伍之一！ 接下来，他们将有机会赢得8万美元现金奖金中的一部分。 我们迫不及待地想看到烹饪共用在未来达到新的高度！
