Housebound across the world_how to still indulge (oneself)

<p><strong>The project in 2 words:</strong></p> <p><strong>COVID-19</strong> is a <strong>global&nbsp;economics catastrophe</strong> with <strong>dramatic social</strong> <strong>repercussions</strong>. To contribute to the movements of generosity flourishing here and there on a global scale, we have thought over a <strong>project</strong> that would have a <strong>meaning, </strong>that would <strong>benefit the members</strong>, that would be <strong>useful to the contributors </strong>and that would&nbsp;<strong>help&nbsp;make&nbsp;things a bit&nbsp;better</strong>.&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/663921/94353941_10223163124485921_2158181848893620224_n-1588346787-1589108244.jpg" width="100%" /></p> <p><br /> <strong>Creators and origins of the project&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Audrey working in the digital world is 100% on home office. Lorraine in a restaurant, doesn&#39;t work for now. The starting point happened 6 weeks after confinement was decided for France (March 17, 2020). We realized we could <strong>be of some help </strong>and the idea was to do it on <strong>several levels </strong>and according to our means (both financial and budget-wise). We realized we were<strong> always eating the same kinds of food</strong> and we definitely couldn&#39;t say that we cooked nice meals. Like what happened on a Facebook group, the idea was to <strong>have people participate asking them to share their home-made meals</strong>. It&#39;s more engaging than taking a mere picture, but also way &quot;richer&quot; in the end. And it&#39;s also the opportunity of a <strong>culinary narrow escape</strong>.</p> <p>The project needs more members so feel free to join! The more members we&#39;ll get, the more interactions and content, the more meaningful all this will become!</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/663927/95100655_261684374971973_4206182427841789952_o-1588346818-1589108968.jpg" width="100%" /></p> <p><br /> <strong>The project in details</strong></p> <p><strong>COVID-19</strong> is a <strong>global&nbsp;economics catastrophe</strong> with <strong>dramatic social</strong> <strong>repercussions</strong>. To contribute to the movements of generosity flourishing here and there on a global scale, we have thought over a <strong>project</strong> that would have a <strong>meaning, </strong>that would <strong>benefit the members</strong>, that would be <strong>useful to the contributors </strong>and that would&nbsp;<strong>help&nbsp;make&nbsp;things a bit&nbsp;better</strong>.&nbsp;</p> <p>Hence we decided to create a <strong>Facebook group:</strong>&nbsp;&quot;Food &amp; Drinks (with love) from home&quot;.</p> <p>The idea: <strong>bring people from all over the world together </strong>around one of the few <strong>pleasures</strong> left when you&#39;re stuck at home: food :)</p> <p>With more than 600 members in a couple weeks, and several hundreds of pictures already, receipes, exchanges, this group is <strong>kind</strong>, provides good ideas on what to cook next, <strong>breaks the isolation</strong> of some persons, bring back <strong>self-confidence</strong>, <strong>restores the taste of cooking!</strong>&nbsp;After all, it&#39;s not because the restaurants are closed that we can&#39;t take pictures of what we eat and share our meals.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>The aim is to make a &quot;souvenir&quot;&nbsp;book out of it in this &quot;out of time period&quot;, with (notably):&nbsp;</p> <p>- a documented intro with key figures</p> <p>- photos, receipes and tips of the best 100 meals, drinks (we can cook for cheap with what&#39;s is at hands!)</p> <p>- a global map with several hundreds of&nbsp;pictures&nbsp;</p> <p>- quizzes and small games</p> <p>- in annex, the best humor posts on COVID-19&nbsp;</p> <p>As regards the date, we plan to launch the book in September</p> <p>Next steps:&nbsp;</p> <p>- continue to grow our community</p> <p>- write the book, shape it and have it printed</p> <p>If we&#39;re soliciting your support today, it&#39;s to allow us to <strong>make sure there&#39;s a&nbsp;bigger&nbsp;interest</strong> for such a project (a cookbook &quot;out of time&quot; in a inclusive mode), get your comments and suggestions and an idea of the amount of your contributions.&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/663931/95466234_1081029158946145_2627139586958032896_o-1588346836-1589109786.jpg" width="100%" /></p> <p><br /> <strong>The compensations and the contributors&#39; roles</strong></p> <p>In exchange of your donation, there&#39;s 2 kinds of compensations (let&#39;s keep it simple):</p> <p>- digital &gt; poster or digital book&nbsp;(pdf)</p> <p>- paper &gt; real book with or without personalized signing&nbsp;</p> <p>And a priceless compensations: the happiness linked to giving!&nbsp;</p> <p>We need your support to be able to create this book and give back 50% of the benefits to NGOs (selection&nbsp;to be defined with you and/or our Facebook group for final choice)</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/663948/95821219_562829364610832_2089743297378516992_n-1588347267-1589118591.jpg" width="100%" /></p>