A party without cake is just a meeting. – Julia Child
We Are Meant To Eat Together is designed to model how play, curiosity, and exploration can be utilized and curated as intentional learning opportunities. Learning happens everywhere including the kitchen; making food together and sharing food connects us to each other, the world around us, and to what nourishes us. When we are connected to something we observe it and become aware of it in new ways. Learning happens in the kitchen because we have to understand and be capable of performing tasks to reach the end goal. Learning also happens because we get exposed to different questions, perspectives, and experiences. I get really excited about the activity possibilities and ways the kitchen can be a place to get learning off the page, and demonstrate a model environment that supports self-directed and non-coercive education.
This resource page is intended to provide links to projects, resources, and ideas that support whole-heart, whole-person, healthy communities. If you have any suggestions for additions, please drop me a line!
This page has 3 sections:
Food Related Web Links
Other Food-Learning-Community Projects I Love
Books I Recommend
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Food Literacy Related Web Links
Online Resources helpful in supporting and extending learning related to food and food literacy
Where Food Crops Come From Interactive
What Americans can learn from other food cultures – A TED ideas article
Food Timeline: Using a unique presentation, this fascinating buffet of popular lore and contradictory facts demonstrates how most foods are not invented; they evolve.
PBS Food is a website full of amazing videos, blogs, podcasts, ideas….
Food By Country is a great resource that looks at the history and geography related to regional specialities throughout the world, and includes recipes.
Food Links is also looking at global food traditions from a sociological perspective
The Science of Cooking by the Exploratorium
Food Terms in the BC Coastal Native Language of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh
Fractions in Recipes worksheet practice have a look around this site if you are looking for some practice opportunities on paper. There are lots of worksheets that use cooking experiences and food as the context for the math problems.
The Impacts of Nutrition on Mental Health We all know that what we eat has an impact on our physical health, but what about our mental health? A growing body of research since the 1990s suggests that nutrition can play a key role in mental health, including major mental illnesses.
Video Resources helpful in supporting and extending learning related to food and food literacy
Math Video introducing the use of proportions in the kitchen
Cooked Mini Series by Michael Pollan
Eat The Story of Food by National Geographic
Foodways with Jessica Sanchez, Indigenous Food
Aquaponics: The Salmon Farm of the Future
Recommended Online Recipe Resources
BBC Good Food offers recipes from around the world, taking Mexican beyond fajitas and Italian beyond pasta.
Jamie Oliver World Food recipes
Articles for mentors supporting youth/children/toddlers engaging in culinary experiences
Article Examining How Cooking Helps Kids Learn
A Guide to Cookery Skills & Suggested Recipes By Age
Other Food-Learning-Community Projects I Love
The Depanneur in Toronto Ontario
Queen Street Commons Cafe, Kitchener Ontario
The Raw Carrot: Peeling For Change
Books I Recommend
