The Bay Islands Cookbook is a collaborative cultural and academic project developed with UNITEC – Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, where gastronomy students complete linking hours across two classes by actively working on the redesign and restructuring of the book. The project goes beyond a traditional cookbook, bringing together ethnobotany, history, culture, and storytelling to document the culinary identity of the Bay Islands. Through narrative-driven recipes, plant profiles, and cultural context, the book explores how local ingredients, traditional knowledge, and historical influences shape island cuisine, highlighting both culinary and medicinal uses of plants. The result is a living cultural record that supports academic learning while preserving and sharing the Bay Islands’ gastronomic and botanical heritage.