How Cooking Matters Captured My Heart
Cooking Matters has been serving families in Idaho for one year – a year marked with laughter, surprises, and even tears as we say goodbye to our course graduates.
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Cooking Matters has been serving families in Idaho for one year – a year marked with laughter, surprises, and even tears as we say goodbye to our course graduates.
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It’s hard to believe that it’s been over a year since the Second Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania’s very first Cooking Matters course took place.
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The families we serve at Dare to Care Food Bank have always been thankful for the food we provide. But still, they worry about how they are going to pay their bills, continue to make ends meet, and even how they are going to make that food into a meal. In just one year, Cooking Matters has had a...
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Last week, I watched appreciatively as Billy Shore spoke at the National Head Start Association’s (NHSA) annual conference at National Harbor, Maryland.
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What an eye-opening experience! As a new staffer here at Share Our Strength, I was eager to see firsthand the impact our Cooking Matters partners and volunteers are having across the country.
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Newsflash: kids will eat their fruits and veggies! In fact, kids who were exposed to fresh fruits and vegetables in school ate 15 percent more of these healthy foods than their peers.
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As chair of the Congressional Hunger Caucus and member of the House Agriculture Committee, I’ve followed and supported the No Kid Hungry campaign’s important work to end childhood hunger in America for years.
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Recently my co-workers decided to do a “cleanse” together. When I was asked to join them and commiserate through the process I said yes, but not without a few reservations. On day one of the cleanse I choked down “breakfast” along with the “lunch” and “snacks.” By the time dinner rolled around I...
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I have always been fascinated with how people shop and what they choose to buy at the store. Convenience foods have become the norm and sometimes people don't have the time to really stop and think about what they are buying.
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In celebration of National AmeriCorps Week, we are proud to highlight the accomplishments of the Cooking Matters AmeriCorps National Direct members across the country with posts from our AmeriCorps members each day this week!
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Twenty years ago, a standard cup of coffee was an 8 ounce cup with milk and sugar which contained 45 calories. Today, the “standard cup of coffee” has been overtaken by sugary, complex concoctions. A 12 ounce café mocha with whipped cream from a coffee shop is going to set you back 290 calories!
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Breakfast for dinner has excited in me ever since I was a child. The special feeling of eating breakfast foods at night gives me the “It feels so right it can’t be wrong” sentiment. This is also why I especially love the fourth week of our Cooking Matters curriculum, since it features my favorite...
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There is no avoiding the abundant and affordable heaps of kale as you make your way through the produce section of your grocery store or local farmers market this winter. As our Cooking Mattersparticipants learn the importance of getting their daily fill of colorful vegetables and fruits and...
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I am currently in my fifth month of service as the Cooking Matters AmeriCorps member for the Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan. As my first professional endeavor after college, this position with Gleaners gives me a wonderful introduction to employment, and may be the beginning...
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Linda is an avid cook and gardener, employed in food service, and the mother of very picky 10-year- old son. “I’ve tried everything,” she shared with the other families in the class. “We have a garden and I grow broccoli and peppers, but I can’t get him to try it.”
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