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Category Archives: From the Classroom
The New American Classroom: Farm-To-School Cooking
As we have become distant with our relationship to food, cooking at school offers children the opportunity to experience food in a completely new way, weighing each word, measuring each ingredient— it captivates all of their senses and highlights the … Continue reading
Beet Ketchup
Beets and ketchup may seem like an unlikely pair, but this intriguing sweet and tangy flavor combination, will truly make your taste buds come alive. If you’re a newcomer to beetroot, it’s a wonderful way to introduce this vegetable, that … Continue reading
Confetti Spaghetti
Bold colorful peppers and vine-ripened tomatoes always welcome me back to the kitchen classroom in the late summer, where I teach elementary school children how to cook real food inspired by the garden. We kick off the season with the … Continue reading
Posted in Food, From the Classroom, Home, Recipes
Tagged Confetti, Cook, Fourth of July, Spaghetti
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Still Life
There is beauty in every moment. If we simply slow down to notice the world around us, we can find inner beauty in ordinary objects, and the still life treasure will unfold like a flower petal blooming.
Celebrate Legumes!
The cooking classroom prepares for the Cinco De Mayo celebration with black bean tacos. Students roll fresh masa between excited fingers and use wooden tortilla presses to make home-made tortillas. It’s fun to mash guacamole in a molcajete and shake … Continue reading
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Tagged CincoDeMayo, Cooking in the Classroom
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The New American Classroom: Farm-To-School Cooking
By Carrie Fehr As we have become distant with our relationship to food, cooking at school offers children the opportunity to experience food in a completely new way, weighing each word, measuring each ingredient— it captivates all of their senses … Continue reading
Root For Beets!
By Carrie Fehr The beet is the melancholy vegetable, the one most willing to suffer. You can’t squeeze blood out of a turnip…—Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume Fun facts about root vegetables ignite sparks all around the cooking room, with an … Continue reading
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Tagged Carrot, Tom Robbins
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Winter Greens
Love is Green: From the wildly diverse Brassica clan, to the vast palette of mustards, cabbages, and leafy greens, our harvest yield this month is overflowing with a cornucopia of Winter Greens that is so compelling, it draws students into … Continue reading
The Science of Cooking: Citrus Rocks
By Carrie Fehr “If we look deeply into a flower, what do we see? Sunshine, a cloud, earth, minerals, the gardener, the complete cosmos.”-Thich Nhat Hanh Citrus Rocks: Citrus rocks the Science of Cooking Class where fourth grade Chef Scientists … Continue reading
Meditation On A Citrus Fruit
The cheerful colors, refreshing fragrance, and sweet taste of seasonal citrus fruit, bring a burst of sunshine in the middle of winter that enliven our senses, and welcomes the New Year with positive energy. To celebrate the citrus harvest, students begin … Continue reading
