Fereshtei Toosi is an artist who creates projects that often involve the whole community, and are all about participation. For example, one was about food culture. It involved gardening tutorials, helping with disabilities, and designing various projects for school. This project took place in a mainly African-American neighborhood, and she wanted to encourage people to connect with their heritage through food. Out of this came the book Garlic and Greens, which includes various recipes and oral histories.
I thought it was interesting how so many of her projects and work relates to food and how people connect to it.
