For the past two months, I have been working on a book proposal that combines my passion for getting kids into the kitchen and into their communities to make a difference.
Here are some examples of activities WE are doing with our students to promote community service through food and cooking.
We participated in the Great American [...]
The now famous Doof-A-Palooza was nearly 2 weeks ago, and I am just now finding the time to sit down and write about it. In case you aren’t familiar with this event, it is an annual interactive celebration of the new TV show, DOOF, due out on Public Television in 2009. DOOF celebrates [...]
As many of you know, I have been working on a project with my students, friends and neighbors to decorate cheerful place mats for children at our local children’s hospital. The project was initially encouraged by the food service staff that I spoke to at the Children’s Hospital in Oakland, so I decided to [...]
As with many teachers, I have been working on curriculum for the upcoming school year. I have been perusing the Content Standards for California Public Schools (not exactly summer reading that I would recommend!) and am now working on some fun themes for the actual classes.
We have some great ones in the works, such [...]
On the day that we posted our first Recipe For Action, our blog got more hits than ever. Even though I heard from only a few of you, I am getting some great feedback about this project.
In case you didn’t see the original post, here is a summary of the project in a nut-shell. [...]
