Heritage for the Blind

A celebrity chef in Scotland recently put together a recipe book for the blind and visually impaired in Braille to coincide with the language creator’s birthday and National Braille Week in the United Kingdom.

Tony Singh’s getting a little help from the children of the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh. The cookbook comes in Braille and large print, and will be distributed nationwide. It includes 43 recipes, including instructions for haggis pakoras and bloody bay scallops.

“Cooking is about creating and enjoying delicious meals together and visual impairment should not act as a barrier to this fundamental, fun part of life,” said Singh, owner of a restaurant called Oloroso who appears on national cooking shows, to the BBC News.

Singh said that the cookbook was created to allow the blind and visually impaired to “both celebrate the art of cookery and use the recipes in a practical way to actually make delicious meals,” BBC reported.

Braille continues to be “as essential” as it has ever been, said Richard Hellewell, head of Royal Blind, which finances the Royal Blind School. “Braille enables incScottish Celebrity Chef Writes Cookbook In Braille

A celebrity chef in Scotland recently put together a recipe book for the blind and visually impaired in Braille to coincide with the language creator’s birthday and National Braille Week in the United Kingdom.

Tony Singh’s getting a little help from the children of the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh. The cookbook comes in Braille and large print, and will be distributed nationwide. It includes 43 recipes, including instructions for haggis pakoras and bloody bay scallops.

“Cooking is about creating and enjoying delicious meals together and visual impairment should not act as a barrier to this fundamental, fun part of life,” said Singh, owner of a restaurant called Oloroso who appears on national cooking shows, to the BBC News.

Singh said that the cookbook was created to allow the blind and visually impaired to “both celebrate the art of cookery and use the recipes in a practical way to actually make delicious meals,” BBC reported.

Braille continues to be “as essential” as it has ever been, said Richard Hellewell, head of Royal Blind, which finances the Royal Blind School. “Braille enables inclusion and opportunity, and allows us to dispel the myth that people with visual impairments cannot participate in the joys of everyday life, such as cooking,” he told BBC News.

All proceeds of the book will go to the group, which has helped the blind and visually impaired for more than 200 years.