{"id":14698,"date":"2021-03-16T08:39:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T18:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/?p=14698"},"modified":"2024-06-27T14:25:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T00:25:01","slug":"ob-gyns-jordan-brache-makes-ohana-the-key-ingredient-for-holiday-cookbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/ob-gyns-jordan-brache-makes-ohana-the-key-ingredient-for-holiday-cookbook\/","title":{"rendered":"OB\/GYN\u2019s Jordan Brache makes \u2018ohana the \u2018key ingredient\u2019 for holiday cookbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written by Vina Cristobal, University Health Partners of Hawaii\u00a0<br>Featured photo: A screenshot from Jordan Brache&#8217;s cooking demonstration (see at the end of the article). Courtesy photo. <br><br>At the height of the COVID-19 lockdown in spring 2020, Jordan Brache, an avid athlete and dancer, took up a common quarantine hobby: cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result of his newfound passion, the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)\/University Health Partners (UHP)&nbsp; Department of OB\/GYN administrative assistant and \u201cself-proclaimed foodie\u201d pitched the concept of producing a cookbook for the department-wide holiday gift at the end of that year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His colleagues ate up the idea; thus, the cookbook was born.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the help of program administrator Lisa Kellett and the OB\/GYN administrative staff, Brache collected 35 pages of recipes, <a href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Get-Your-Cook-On-Volume-1-Department-of-OBGYN.pdf\">which led to the publication of Get Your Cook On!, the first edition of the OB\/GYN holiday cookbook<\/a>. Every recipe was curated by faculty and staff, and \u201callowed [people] to share their cultural backgrounds with one another,\u201d according to Brache.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the recipes include fun tidbits shared by those who participated. For instance, Dr. Melissa Natavio\u2019s banana chocolate chip cookies, which are a recipe from her mother. \u201cMay each little delectable cookie represent a big hug from my mom,\u201d Natavio stated. \u201cI hope you find them just as special.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other highlights include Dr. Emilie Stickley\u2019s simple chili (usually served when guests visit her home), Brache\u2019s shoyu chicken, Kellett\u2019s cornbread, and Dr. James DiMarchi\u2019s baba ganoush (a dish he fell in love with while he was in Istanbul post-residency).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThrough cooking and eating, we hope this will generate great conversations, awesome celebrations and new memories with family and friends,\u201d Kellett noted in an e-mail sent to her fellow colleagues.<br><br>\u201cIt really was a team effort behind the scenes!\u201d exclaimed Brache. \u201cAlthough I was the one that shared the idea, the entire administrative staff had some important role in the development of the final product &#8212; from recipe contribution, editing the aesthetic, etc. The initial email was sent out to the department in early October, which gave faculty and staff enough time to contribute any recipes by the first week of December.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cookbook is just one of the ways that the Department of OB\/GYN develops a sense of community, which Brache appreciates about his workplace.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen I first started working for UHP in the fall of 2019, I had recently graduated from the University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa,\u201d Brache explained. \u201cFortunately I was accepted into UH&#8217;s Master&#8217;s program for Public Administration, and I wanted to get some work experience in the healthcare setting while I obtained my graduate degree. My significant other also became a [second-year student] at JABSOM that fall, so I thought it would be enjoyable to work underneath the same entity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI feel delighted to be part of a team who supports our agency\u2019s mission to deliver not only the best medical services to the public, but also in the most compassionate manner. In addition, the department really stresses the importance of teamwork and fosters a sense of &#8216;ohana, which I thoroughly appreciate.\u201d\u00a0<br><br>Watch the full cooking demonstration below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"In the Kitchen with OB\/GYN&#039;s Jordan Brache\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KAO9-wL5B5w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 16, 2021 &#8212; OB\/GYN administrative assistant Jordan Brache stirred up the concept of a department-wide cookbook. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21740,"featured_media":14699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-14698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-department-of-ob-gyn"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-10.37.44-AM.png?fit=2278%2C1314&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21740"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14700,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14698\/revisions\/14700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}