A community cookbook is being launched this week to celebrate different cultures living in East Bristol.

A Taste of the World from One Community features 31 recipes from some of the many countries represented in Barton Hill, Lawrence Hill, Redfield, The Dings, Easton and Whitehall.

The recipes, ranging from Asian pakoras to a New Zealand pavlova, have all been submitted by local residents and people working in the area.

They have often been passed down through generations - and some have never been written down before.

The book will be unveiled for the first time at Barton Hill Settlement's Multicultural Feast on Friday (Oct 24) with a cookery demonstration of one of the recipes.

The cookbook was commissioned by Community at Heart's Race Equality project, the Wellspring Arts programme and Health and Wellbeing project.

Lead race equality officer Andrew McLean said: "The idea behind the cookbook is to help people to learn more about their neighbours. Food is a great way of bringing people together, and getting a glimpse of another culture and some of their traditions."

Bristol reelance journalist Sue Mackinnon, who compiled the book with Redfield designer Dan Pidcock said: "This has been a really exciting project to do and is a reflection of the real diversity of the area.

"The dishes are all personal to the contributors, have special meaning for them or are typical of their country."

Part of the project involved a tasting event when residents brought their dishes to be tried and photographed.

The book also features photographs of Bristol people cooking the recipes in their homes and eating them with their families.

Contributor Saada Jumale, 25, came to Barton Hill from Somalia in 2004. She is a member of the Settlement's One World Group and has submitted two recipes for the book.

She said: "I'm very proud to be part of this book and to represent my country and my culture, it makes me feel part of the community.

"These recipes have never been written down but were shown to me by my mum. We don't use recipe books in Somalia, we just cook by taste."

A world cookery course for local residents based on the book has now started in the new kitchen at Wellspring Healthy Living Centre, run by Bearnie DeMonick and the Settlement's community work team.

The eight-week course will teach East Bristol residents how to cook a different recipe from the book every week.