Tagged Culinary Literacy
A Taste of Edible Alphabet: Learn English Through Cooking
This Welcoming Week , the Free Library hosted a special event called A Taste of Edible Alphabet on Monday, September 16, 2024. The evening program, arranged by Lindsay Southworth, Senior Program Manager of Adult Education, was open to…
Helpful Resources for New Americans at the Free Library
Welcome to the City of Brotherly Love! Per WHYY and Pew Charitable Trusts’s 2024 State of the City report, "immigrants now make up the largest percent of Philadelphia’s population since the 1940s" (15.7% or…
Join the Culinary Literacy Center for an Open House on February 12
You might not expect to find blenders, cutting boards, or rolling pins in a library. You probably wouldn't expect to find a full commercial kitchen in one either. But on the fourth floor of Parkway Central Library , you can…
The Kensington / Fairhill / Riverwards Cookbook: A North Philly Community's Labor of Love
By Tuesday C., Kate G., and Sara P. Hola, bonjour, dzien dobry, ni hao! Welcome to the Kensington / Fairhill / Riverwards Community Cookbook : a treasure showcasing the cultural diversity of our neighborhoods. Food is a great…
It's the Season of Giving!
November is here, and the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation is excited to soak up the last full month of autumn with programs and events at the Free Library! Browse the event calendar now and find festive…
Sugar Don’t Go on Grits: An Archival Look at the Great Migration’s Effect on How We Eat
I am a Black woman living, thriving, and loving in Philadelphia. How we prepare our food has a history, and that history is often long and can be challenging to decipher. We live in a world where food often loses its place of origin.…
Free Library of Philadelphia Database Updates
We are very proud of our electronic resources, also known as databases, and want to update you on some changes. As of August 1, 2023, POWER Library Pennsylvania's Electronic Library will no longer subscribe to some databases,…
Celebrating Immigrant Heritage Month with Coquíes and Plátanos
Books are an opportunity to celebrate cultures, share traditions, and travel around the world! They are also an avenue to learn a new language, share your favorite recipes, and become familiar with new animals native to different…
Bake Some STE(A)M Skills Into Your Celebration of Pi Day
Pie: it's as easy as 1, 2, 3.14159.... As a justification to stuff our pie holes this month, we’ve found a convenient pair of homophones — the phonetic rendering of the Greek letter π (used to represent the ratio of a…
Buy Honey Harvested from the Free Library Apiary and Support the Culinary Literacy Center!
The Culinary Literacy Center is all abuzz about one of its most special projects: making honey! A little known fact about Parkway Central Library is that we have an apiary, otherwise known as a collection of honeybee hives, on the…
Making Sofrito with Juanita and Family!
Juanita Vega DeJoseph is the Assistant Department Head in the Art & Literature Department and someone who enjoys cooking and creating. We are so grateful to Juanita for sharing her process of making sofrito, a recipe…
Nourishing Literacy | Let's make strawberry cards with Shayna!
Strawberries are super and sweet to look at and to eat! In this video, Shayna used strawberries as her theme for making handmade cards . What ideas do you have for making cards or stationary? What shapes and colors can you find in…
Keep it Fresh with Fresh Herbs!
Fresh herbs add flavor and nutrition to meals, they are beautiful when added to dishes, and many of them have unique fragrances. They are like tiny greens ! Maybe fresh herbs will inspire poems, cooking, or preserving like they do for…
Nourishing Literacy | Strawberries Are Our Jam!
Fresh, frozen, sun-dried, freeze-dried, jelly, jam, milk, ice cream, fruit leather, syrup... strawberries are sweet, a treat, and fun to eat! A great source of vitamin C, strawberries are a special food with some surprises…
Robert Bogle and Philadelphia’s Dynastic Black Caterers
Philadelphia’s Food Service History is Black History From the Historical Marker Database , photographed by Carolyn Martienssen, June 2015 You might have noticed on South 8th Street a historical marker that reads: “A noted…
Nourishing Literacy | Kitchen Life Skills
The Nourishing Literacy team has been creating a short series of audio shares with a focus on children and youth, highlighting skills and qualities that we practice and encourage in the kitchen. These shares include extended…
Celebrating February's Food Days
Did you know that there are important dates in February beyond Groundhog Day (Sorry, Punxsutawney Phil!), Presidents' Day, and Valentine’s Day, where specific foods are celebrated? Here's just a few to mark on your…
Nourishing Literacy | Fun Pun Kitchen: Cooking Up Creativity!
It might be ridichio' lous but puns can be a way to use brain mussels . In the Culinary Literacy Center , food is our muse when we put pen' salt to pepper (pencil to paper!) . Do you think that you could create a…
Picture Book Highlights | National Pizza Day
Can you guess what one of the world’s favorite foods is? It’s pizza! Whether you bake it your own, eat it in a restaurant by the slice (or the whole pie!), or buy it frozen from a supermarket—pizza is a popular choice…
Nourishing Literacy | Planting Story Seeds with Madame Marie and Her Magic Garden
Nourish your literacy by creating stories from scratch—with a seed starter! Chrissy loves to read, write, and tell stories. Her suggested steps for creating folklore were offered back when she was Talking About Tomatoes ! The…
Kwanzaa Cookbook Cookin'
Chef Tonii will prepare more delicious foods inspired by the African Diaspora and specifically, the holiday of Kwanzaa. Register at bit.ly/Kwanzaa1231 . Together, we will enjoy foods that have nourished souls throughout…
Kwanzaa Cookbook Cookin'
Chef Tonii will prepare more delicious foods inspired by the African Diaspora and specifically, the holiday of Kwanzaa. Register at bit.ly/Kwanzaa1228 . Together, we will enjoy foods that have nourished souls throughout…
Kwanzaa Cookbook Cookin'
Chef Tonii will prepare more delicious foods inspired by the African Diaspora and specifically, the holiday of Kwanzaa. Register at bit.ly/Kwanzaa1226 . Together, we will enjoy foods that have nourished souls throughout time.…
Cooking with Keisha
Join us and Ms. Keisha as she demonstrates cooking techniques and shares a meal. For families and adults.
Winter Festival
Come one Come all to Mcpherson Square 601 E. Indiana Ave, Saturday, December 21st from 12-3pm and enjoy Free Food, Music, Art games, and a photo with SANTA!!!
Sohla El-Waylly | Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook: A Cookbook
In conversation with Reem Kassis A chef, writer, video producer, and community advocate, Sohla El-Waylly hosts Mystery Menu for The New York Times Cooking YouTube channel and The History Channel’s Ancient Recipes with Sohla , and serves…
Simon Winchester | Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
Pine Tree Foundation Endowed Lecture Exuding “the comfort and charm of a beloved encyclopedia come to life” ( The New Yorker ), Simon Winchester is the bestselling author of nearly 30 nonfiction books that explore some of the world’s…
Reem Kassis | The Arabesque Table: Contemporary Recipes from the Arab World
In conversation with Deb Perelman Reem Kassis is the author of The Palestinian Table , a guide to Middle Eastern cooking woven together through recipes, regional history, and three generations of family traditions. Praised by fellow…
Sam Sifton | See You on Sunday: A Cookbook for Family and Friends
The food editor at the New York Times and the founding editor of the Times ’s digital cookbook, NYT Cooking , Sam Sifton is one of America’s most popular culinary writers. He formerly worked as the Gray Lady’s national news editor,…