Tagged Cooking and Nutrition
We Are What We Eat: An Exhibition from Special Collections
The Free Library’s exhibition, We Are What We Eat , explores the intersection of food, community, and identity. With recipes and cooking techniques passed down through generations, culinary heritage helps preserve flavors and…
Kids Can Cook! with Keisha Prosser
Kids and Teens are invited to join us for the final in our series of Kids Can Cook! classes at the Fishtown Library! All classes are supervised by ServSafe certified chef Keisha Prosser, aka the Mobile Cooking Teacher. This program is…
We Are What We Eat: Curator-Led Exhibition Tour
The Free Library’s newest exhibition, We Are What We Eat, explores the intersection of food, community, and identity. With recipes and cooking techniques passed down through generations, culinary heritage helps preserve flavors…
Edible Alphabet: Learn English through Cooking
Adults are invited to this FREE class for English language learners. Each week we read, write, and speak in English - and cook a meal together! The class is in the basement meeting room. To sign-up, call, email…
"The Automat" Film Screening and Filmmaker Q&A
Join us for a screening of The Automat followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker, Lisa Hurwitz. Featuring photographs from the Free Library of Philadelphia's Print and Picture Collection and filmed locally, The…
Edible Alphabet: Learn English through Cooking
Adults are invited to this FREE class for English language learners. Each week we read, write, and speak in English - and cook a meal together! The class is in the basement meeting room. To sign-up, call, email…
Sugar Don't Go On Grits: An Archival Look at The Great Migration's Effect on How We Eat
How Black is sweet cornbread? Do WE put marshmallows on sweet potato casserole? Sugar Don't Go On Grits: An Archival Look at The Great Migration's Effect on How We Eat will be a conversational space dedicated to retracing…
Edible Alphabet: Learn English through Cooking
Adults are invited to this FREE class for English language learners. Each week we read, write, and speak in English - and cook a meal together! The class is in the basement meeting room. To sign-up, call, email…
Kids Can Cook! with Keisha Prosser
Kids and Teens are invited to join us at the Fishtown Library one Monday each month at 4:00pm (7/15 & 8/12) to help prepare and enjoy a meal! All classes are supervised by ServSafe certified chef Keisha Prosser, aka the Mobile…
Edible Alphabet: Learn English through Cooking
Adults are invited to this FREE class for English language learners. Each week we read, write, and speak in English - and cook a meal together! The class is in the basement meeting room. To sign-up, call, email…
Urban Foraging: Food and Medicine Under Foot and Free (at Penn Treaty Park!)
Program will be held at Penn Treaty Park. Meet at the entrance near the wooden sign. 1301 N. Beach St, Philadelphia, PA 19125 Join Lady Danni for an exclusive foraging tour uncovering the edible and medicinal…
We Are What We Eat: Curator-Led Exhibition Tour
The Free Library’s newest exhibition, We Are What We Eat, explores the intersection of food, community, and identity. With recipes and cooking techniques passed down through generations, culinary heritage helps preserve flavors…
Edible Alphabet: Learn English through Cooking
Adults are invited to this FREE class for English language learners. Each week we read, write, and speak in English - and cook a meal together! The class is in the basement meeting room. To sign-up, call, email…
Grace Lin | Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite American Chinese Foods
In conversation with Ellen Yin A New York Times bestselling children’s author and illustrator, Grace Lin earned the Newbery Honor for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon , the Theodor Geisel Honor for Ling and Ting , and the…
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…
Lidia Matticchio Bastianich | Lidia's From Our Family Table to Yours: More Than 100 Recipes Made with Love for All Occasions
In conversation with Heather Marold Thomason, Butcher & Founder of Primal Supply “The cookbook author who changed the way Americans cook Italian food” ( The New York Times ), Lidia Matticchio Bastianich is the author of 15 beloved…
Deb Perelman | Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files: A Cookbook
Julie Dannenbaum Memorial Culinary Arts Lecture In conversation with Dena Heilik, head of Philbrick Hall, the Fiction and Movie department at Parkway Central. She also cohosts a monthly library Cookbook Club that has been running…
Kardea Brown | The Way Home: A Celebration of Sea Islands Food and Family with over 100 Recipes
In conversation with Valerie Erwin Charleston, South Carolina–based Kardea Brown hosts the Food Network’s Delicious Miss Brown and OWN’s The Great Soul Food Cookoff . She also is the creator of the pop-up New Gullah Supper Club, where…
Bryant Terry | Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora
In conversation with Jamila Robinson Chef and educator Bryant Terry is the author of four vegan cookbooks, including Grub , Afro-Vegan , and Vegetable Kingdom , winner of an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. In 2015 he…
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,…