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MOUTH CANCER FOUNDATION LAUNCH ‘BRENDA’S EASY-TO-SWALLOW COOKBOOK
FREE FOR MOUTH CANCER AWARENESS WEEK

Fabulous recipes donated by famous chefs including Nigella Lawson, Rick Stein, Anthony Worrall Thompson and Phil Vickery

John, Dan and Rebecca Brady have carried out their wife and mother’s dying wish to publish the cookbook Brenda Brady started when she was fighting mouth cancer. They’ve joined forces with the UK’s leading mouth cancer charity, the Mouth Cancer Foundation to publish ‘Brenda’s Easy-To-Swallow’ cookbook.

The cookbook which is full of scrumptious recipes suitable for mouth cancer patients, survivors and anyone who has difficulty swallowing food, is being given away for FREE during Mouth Cancer Awareness Week. It will then be sold for donations to the Mouth Cancer Foundation to raise funds which will help increase the awareness of mouth cancer and provide support for mouth cancer patients and carers. Highlighting the symptoms of this terrible disease will help save lives in the future.

Brenda, from Whitley Bay, North Shields lost her battle with mouth cancer in 2008. Brenda wrote a cookbook for people who, like her, couldn't chew or swallow after their operations.

The concept of ‘Brenda’s Easy-to-Swallow’ cookbook is as follows:
➢ Sumptuous soups and starters
➢ Marvellous Mains and Desserts
➢ Top tips from mouth cancer patients.

Brenda Brady was an inspirational person. During her struggle with mouth cancer, despite her own constant pain, she became a great support to others, volunteering with the Mouth Cancer Foundation to help people who were experiencing disfiguring operations and coming to terms with life post operation. She was also a patient representative on the NICE board campaigning for drugs to be made available on the NHS.

Brenda’s husband John says: “We carried on Brenda’s work to get the book published in time for Mouth Cancer Awareness Week to give us lot left behind a positive goal to achieve. We also hope sales of the book will add to the £15,000 Brenda raised for the Mouth Cancer Foundation”.

The founder of the Mouth Cancer Foundation Dr Joshi says “It was so sad to hear that Brenda lost her battle with this vicious and heartless disease. Brenda has been a huge source of encouragement to so many people. Her legacy lives on through the cookbook and her family is doing her proud by publishing it to help thousands of others”.

‘Brenda’s Easy to Swallow Cookbook’ is available nationwide. For more information visit www.easytoswallowcookbook.wordpress.com.

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A fundraising book launched during a nationwide mouth cancer campaign last year has won a top prize as the ‘best charitable initiative'.

Brenda's Easy to Swallow Cookbook, published by the Mouth Cancer Foundation, has scooped the highly commended prize, in the best charitable initiative category, at the Pfizer Excellence in Oncology Awards 2010.