Master Cooks Corps (2)

Education, and other Factors that
Nutrition
Eating Patterns
Influence
practice of cooking was once lauded as the quintessential avenue
The
which to teach students everything from physics and math to
with
and biology, to geography and art. The legacy of war, feminist
chemistry
a burgeoning industrialized food system, and the rise of
backlash,
foods pushed the study of food and cooking out of our
convenience
and our kitchens. Only one-third of the population know how to
schools
and more than half of our food dollars are spent with other people
cook
our meals. The deskilling of our cooks can be tied to the
preparing
in obesity and diet-related disease, a degradation of local food
increase
suspect working conditions for food workers, and
communities,
and its related practices (producing, preparing, etc.) represent so
Eating
more than simply a means to nourish the body. As we have heard
much
“we are what we eat.” What we eat does matter and we need
universally,
take this matter into our own hands by educating people about the
to
of food production in our country. Inspired by the belief in the
reality
of food knowledge and cooking skills, Master Cooks Corps
importance
and pedagogical methodologies was designed with hopes that
curriculum
food education movement will gain traction spread throughout
the
households via institutions like school, church, hospitals, libraries
American
other organizations that can support a Master Cooks Corps cohort
and
we do best is equip schools, health professionals, and other
What
organizations with a set of interactive culinary instruction
community
to meaningfully engage with a variety of constituencies about
strategies
nutrition, and wellness. These pedagogical practices are easy and
food,
to implement while very effective in inspiring enhanced food literacy
fun
with the average person. We want to make healthy, culturally
skills
instruction available for communities to create more sustainable
relevant
"well" environments through interactive culinary education.
and
Cooks Corps is a train the trainer
Master
designed by Nadine Nelson and a
program
of Global Local Gourmet. For more
service
please contact 917- 719-6859 or
information,
and
nadine.nelson@gmail.com
globallocalgourmet.com
EXPANSION OF CULINARY NUTRITION
environmental instability.
and program.