🌟💜 Lavender Kitchen is a free 2SLGBTQIAP+ community food program where we come together weekly to cook, connect, and explore the intersections of queerness and food! Stay tuned for more upcoming sessions and ways to get involved. 💜🌟
#LavenderKitchen #2SLGBTQIA #CommunityFoodProgram #QueerCommunity #FoodForCommunity
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There are two pages, each with a light cream background. The first page features a logo for “The Lavender Kitchen Program.” At the centre is a stylized lavender-colored pansy with dark purple and yellow details. Around the flower, the program’s name curves in purple text. Below the logo, it says “A 2SLGBTQIA+ Community Food Program.” There’s a small green arrow in the bottom-right corner. The second page has purple text that reads: “Lavender Kitchen is a free 2SLGBTQIAP+ community food program that offers weekly opportunities to come together, make food for the community, and talk about the intersections of queerness and food! Thank you to you, our community, for providing invaluable feedback that helped us re-invigorate the program. We’re so excited to bring you a new and improved Lavender Kitchen Program!” At the bottom, it includes the instagram handle @lavender_kitchen_program and a small green flower icon in the lower right corner.
Join us Friday, May 15th from 5-7pm just outside the Loaded Ladle Kitchen! It’s a big ol’ community consult. We’ll be dreaming, scheming and drawing up plans for a cooking workshop.
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The image is a purple background, at the top is an illustration of two people cooking together at a counter. One person is chopping carrots and potatoes on a cutting board, while the other stirs a pot of soup or sauce. Nearby are sliced onions and a pan of noodles. Large white text reads: “cooking 101” by The Lavender Kitchen. Below that: “COMMUNITY CONSULT, FRIDAY, MAY 15 @ 5 - 7 PM” The body text says: “We want to hear from you about what you want to learn most. We’ll be hanging outside the Loaded Ladle Kitchen; dreaming, scheming and drawing up plans for a cooking workshop. And you know we’ll have a bunch of fun snacks to share while we plan :)” On the lower right is a cream-colored starburst graphic with bold purple text: “WANT TO COOK LIKE A PRO?”
Even without a kitchen of our own, we still want to commune and connect over food 💜 Lavender Kitchen is still putting together meal kits for you to cook at home! Join us for free tea, coffee and baked goods, and to help prepare free meal kits for the community.
Meal Kit Info: each kit includes a recipe + ingredients for 2-4 people. Take a kit and the featured recipe home after the event OR pick one up at the Dalhousie Campus Fridge after 7pm.
📅 Friday, May 8th
⏰ 5-7 PM
📌 Dalhousie International Center Kitchen, 1246 Lemarchant St. Halifax NS, B3H 4R2
#Lavenderkitchen #halifaxevents #queerevents
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📃 NEWSLETTER INCOMING!! 📃
Join our mailing list to stay updated on all our programs and get access to a few food sovereignty resources!
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The image has a light purple background with the illustration of a POC person’s hand holding up a fork. At the top of the page in dark purple bolded-serif font reads, “hey you.” In the left corner, a cream colored envelope with a white paper peeks out the top. Following the shape of the hand, text reads “join our mailing list and get a fork-ful of Lavender Kitchen.” The envelope and small note read, “Look for the link in our bio! We promise not to spam you, we’ll only ever send you info about upcoming events and volunteer opportunities.”
🥕 Meal Kit Prep Party
Free snacks, good vibes and community care. Help us pack meal kits + take one home!
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Page one is a promotional poster with a soft, faded background image of fresh vegetables like carrots, leeks and other root veg in crates. Overlaid text reads "Meal Kit Prep Party" in bold purple lettering on a yellow brushstroke. At the top is the Instagram handle @lavender_kitchen_program At the bottom, the event details read "24 April 2026 @ 5-7pm." Page two is a biege text panel over a textured background displaying event details in purple text. It reads " 24 April 2026, The International Center, Dalhousie University." Below, in description invites attendees to join for free tea, coffee and baked goods, and to help prepare free meal kits for the community. Participants can take a kit home, with the featured recipe being curried squash and coconut rice. A yellow circle highlights the time "5-7pm"
🍎💭food for thought 💭🍎
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The image has a light green background and a cream colored note with a lavender-colored tape across the top. The note reads: “A queer food program isn’t only about meeting unmet needs — it’s about celebrating identity, creativity, and pleasure. Food can be a way to reclaim joy in our bodies, cultures, and relationships.” At the bottom, it includes the Instagram handle: @lavender_kitchen_program
🍽️💜 Lavender Kitchen Prep Party 💜🍽️
We still can’t cook together—but we can prep together! While we wait, Lavender Kitchen & The Loaded Ladle are putting together meal kits for you to cook at home ✨Join us for a cozy, community-centered prep night for 2SLGBTQIA+ folks to connect over food. Meal Kit Info: each kit includes recipe + ingredients for 2–4 people & take your kit home after the event OR pick one up at the Dalhousie Campus Community Fridge after 7PM
📅 Friday, April 10 ⏰ 5–7 PM 📍 Dalhousie International Center, 1246 Lemarchant St, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Even without a kitchen of our own, we still want to commune and connect over food 💜
#LavenderKitchen #PrepParty #QueerCommunity #HalifaxEvents #MutualAid #FoodIsCommunity
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A pastel, hand-drawn style event poster with a grid paper background is titled “Lavender Kitchen Prep Party!!” The main text, centered in a purple rectangle outline, explains that although people can’t cook together in person, Lavender Kitchen and The Loaded Ladle will prepare meal kits for attendees to cook at home. It invites 2SLGBTQIA+ folks to join a dedicated prep evening to connect and cook together. In a purple callout bubble to the right “Even without a kitchen of our own, we still want to commune and connect over food.” Event details (highlighted): Friday, April 10th. 5–7 PM. Dalhousie International Center. In another purple box reads “Meal kit info: Kits include a quick recipe and all ingredients for 2–4 people. Kits can be taken home after the event or picked up later at the Dalhousie Campus Community Fridge after 7 PM on April 10. A colorful illustration of vegetables (eggplant, corn, tomatoes, leafy greens) in the bottom right corner.
Introducing Meal Kits in partnership with the Lavender Kitchen!
Join us tomorrow for our first prep day or swing by the community fridge this week to make some good food at home!
good luck with exams!
💦 WE MISS YOU 💦
Lavender Kitchen’s programs are still on hold while the kitchen gets fixed up! We’ll be back with a brand new plan and so much food as soon as we can. In the meantime, we’ll be sharing some food for thought in our grid and in our stories. Tune in, chime in and chat with us!!
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The image is on a white graph paper background. At the top of the image the words “kitchen updates” appear in red typewriter font. In the centre is a video of a commercial kitchen with a visible leak problem: several plastic bins and buckets are placed on the floor to catch dripping water. The floor is wet with visible puddles, reflecting the ongoing leak. Stainless steel kitchen equipment and shelving are visible around the area. Surrounding the video are handwritten-style notes with arrows pointing to the image. On the left: “The roof of the building has been patched up temporarily and we’re getting brand new ceiling tiles!” On the upper right: “puddles, buckets & tarps, oh my! our leak is still slowly dripping.” On the lower left: “but a more permanent repair to the roof is still needed.” Along the bottom: “cross your fingers for a few rain-free days to start the permanent roof repairs!!”
We need student and community input. How has the kitchen closure impacted your semester? What does Dalhousie's slow response mean for its largest stakeholder body? You're disappointed, and so are we. We want to hear about it.
Feedback form in our Linktree.
In the meantime, Sexton Breakfast Club is still up & running. Grab a bagel Tues/Thurs in the Emera Idea Building from 8:15 until they run out.
KITCHEN UPDATE:
March 26th marked 1 month without regular kitchen operations. The Loaded Ladle exists to provide free food for students, and our operation depends on reliability and accountability to our community. You come to campus trusting we'll be there with a free meal.
We cannot operate on Studley campus without a working kitchen. We cannot fulfill our mandate without action from Dal Facilities and the Dalhousie Student Union.
On March 24th, we called in a health inspection for the kitchen. The report clarifies that we are unable to prepare or serve food until the leak is fixed, kitchen is inspected for mold, and ceiling tiles are replaced. These repairs are outside Ladle's jurisdiction, as outlined in our space use agreement with the DSU.
We can reasonably assume that if the Loaded Ladle were generating revenue for the University, our concerns would have been addressed by now. We're exhausting every possible avenue to make sure the kitchen is back in working order as soon as possible.
More soon. Love, Ladle
