FOOD IS ONE OF CIVILIZATION’S OLDEST INSTRUMENTS OF DIPLOMACY.

The Peace Cookbook

Across centuries, the table has eased divisions and sparked peace. The Peace Cookbook reimagines beloved dishes from g7+ nations, inviting the world to share history, tradition, and connection.

The Peace Cookbook is created in partnership with the Foundation for Post Conflict Development (FPCD) a diplomatic charity that advances education, health, and cultural dialogue in post conflict regions. Our shared belief: peace often begins at the table.

Wheeler del Torro

Meet Wheeler del Torro

Wheeler del Torro is a cultural envoy whose work in culinary diplomacy explores how food can bridge divides and foster global dialogue.

With a career spanning more than a hundred countries, from the spice markets of Marrakech to the tea houses of Kyoto, Wheeler has cultivated a deep belief that food is one of humanity’s oldest and most powerful instruments of diplomacy.

Today, Wheeler divides his time between the United States, Monaco, and the South of France, where he continues to develop cultural projects at the intersection of cuisine, diplomacy, and identity. His work is guided by one enduring truth: that food is memory, connection, and peace.

About the FPCD

The Foundation for Post Conflict Development (FPCD) is a Non-Governmental Organization recognized by the US Internal Revenue Service Code 501(c)(3), founded in New York in 2005. The FPCD’s mission is to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in the context of post conflict situations. The FPCD has an important role to play to keep the needs of post conflict communities at the forefront. The FPCD lets the experts engage in conflict resolution and peacekeeping and strictly focuses on development, especially for midwives, maternal and family health related projects, youth empowerment and community environmental impact programs. The FPCD serves as a vital bridge, connecting partners and organizing international opportunities for dialogue and cultural diplomacy. The Post Conflict Development Association of Monaco was officially established in 2015 and placed under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II. After 20 years of operation, the FPCD established an additional branch in Norway in 2025.

Culinary Diplomacy in Action

The Peace Cookbook is rooted in the knowledge that food carries memory, identity, and connection. It positions cuisine as a diplomatic instrument that can be used to foster dialogue where politics often falter.

Each chapter reintroduces a g7+ nation through recipes and reflections, inviting readers to experience these places not through conflict, but through the richness of their culture and the generosity of their hospitality.

Scarce by design, this edition is limited and signed, crafted to be preserved and shared. It is not a mass-market title but a cultural edition created to inspire reflection, dialogue, and connection.

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A Taste of Peace

Begin your journey into culinary diplomacy with a special preview of The Peace Cookbook.

Inside you’ll discover:
• Reflections on the table as a place of diplomacy
• Sample recipes inspired by g7+ traditions
• A glimpse into the philosophy behind this limited edition

For Journalists & Media Professionals

The Peace Cookbook offers a unique angle on international culture, peacebuilding, and food. It positions cuisine as a form of diplomacy, rooted in the stories and traditions of the g7+ nations.

Press Resources Available:
• Media kit (high-resolution cover + author images)
• Interview requests with Wheeler del Torro
• Excerpts and sample chapters

A rare work that blends cuisine with diplomacy.

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Reflections on Food & Diplomacy

Short essays and cultural notes exploring the role of food in peace and identity.

Côte d’Ivoire’s Table of Joy and Reconciliation

Côte d’Ivoire is a country where cuisine does more than nourish, it negotiates. Ivorian food carries a rare kind of cultural charisma, a joyful confidence ...
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Syria’s Cuisine as Memory and Diplomacy

Syria’s cuisine is one of the most enduring forms of cultural diplomacy in the Middle East. In a nation marked by displacement and loss, food ...
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Sierra Leone’s Kitchen as a Place of Healing

Sierra Leone is a country where healing begins in the kitchen. While the world often points to institutions, elections, and treaties as markers of peace, ...
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Haiti’s Cuisine as Defiant Culinary Diplomacy

Haiti’s cuisine is one of the Caribbean’s most powerful expressions of soft power, a bold, defiant, deeply spiritual force that reveals the country’s resilience more ...
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Cyprus’s Table Beyond Borders

Cyprus stands at the intersection of continents, cultures, and histories and a place where food has long acted as the island’s most effective diplomat. Despite ...
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Burundi’s Quiet Power of Hospitality

Burundi is a nation where hospitality functions as a form of governance. Long before formal institutions took shape, communities relied on the quiet diplomacy of ...
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