{"id":15817,"date":"2020-07-01T17:18:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T17:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/ner\/?p=15817"},"modified":"2020-07-01T17:18:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T17:18:01","slug":"food-literacy-at-the-worcester-public-library-through-nutrition-education-healthy-cooking-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2020\/07\/01\/food-literacy-at-the-worcester-public-library-through-nutrition-education-healthy-cooking-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Literacy at the Worcester Public Library Through Nutrition Education & Healthy Cooking Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following blog post was written by Dot Sachs, Public Services Librarian at the Worcester, Massachusetts Public Library. The Worcester Public Library is one of the NER’s Year 5 funded grant awardees.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Worcester Public Library was awarded an Outreach grant in April 2020 from the NNLM\/NER to provide patrons with tools to learn how to plan, manage, select and prepare healthy food through nutrition education and healthy cooking classes.<\/p>\n

Over the past several years, WPL has offered free nutrition and healthy cooking classes to its patrons by partnering with a local certified nutritionist and local chefs.\u00a0 The grant will allow the library to expand and develop new programming.<\/p>\n

The library was able to continue to provide patrons these classes in a virtual environment during the COVID 19 quarantine.\u00a0 Participants register online on the library\u2019s website, via social media sites, or by calling the library\u2019s information line during operational hours at 508-799-1655 option 3.\u00a0 Classes are recorded and uploaded to the library\u2019s\u00a0YouTube channel<\/a> for later access.<\/p>\n

WPL Nutrition & Healthy Cooking Virtual Classes<\/a>
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Classes this summer include:<\/p>\n

July 11 – Nutrition Mythology<\/strong>
\nAugust 1- The Art of Vegetables<\/strong>
\nJune 27 – Virtual Cooking Class with Chef Kim: Cooking Myths
\nJuly 25 – Virtual Cooking Class with Colin: Healthy and Amazing Sauces
\nAugust 22 – Virtual Cooking Class with Colin: Fiction in the Kitchen
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\nChef Kim Youkstetter, a culinary instructor at Worcester Technical High School has taught at WPL and other local libraries for several years.\u00a0 Her classes have included:\u00a0 Cheese Making, Pasta Making<\/em> and Knife Skills<\/em>.\u00a0 In WPL\u2019s first virtual cooking class, she gave a glimpse of her own kitchen with a Zoom class on Pantry Cooking<\/em>. \u00a0Chef Kim showed how to make the most of the ingredients already on hand and discussed food handling, food safety, and when you really need to let those leftovers go.\u00a0 Below are the photos from class where she made stuffed peppers and two other recipes.<\/p>\n

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Below are some photos of her Pasta Making<\/em> class.<\/p>\n

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Registered Dietitian Judy Palken of @CrystalClearNutrition has taught several classes at WPL such as: \u00a0Great Whole Grains, How to Read Food Labels<\/em>, Stress Eating<\/em>, and recently held The Art of Fruit<\/em> via Zoom. \u00a0Attendees learned how different types and colors of fruit can help lower the risk of getting certain cancers, and also help with brain and heart health. They learned that some favorite vegetables are really fruits, and shared tips and tricks on how to add more fruit into our day.\u00a0 Judy adds a nice visual touch by incorporating images of artwork in her classes that represent the topic she is teaching.
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Colin McCullough, a well-known, local vegan cooking instructor and author of The Healthy Vegan<\/em>, has taught at WPL for several years.\u00a0 Some of his classes include:\u00a0 Smoothies that Taste Like Dessert<\/em>, Vegan Sushi<\/em>, Healthy Amazing Sauces<\/em> and Thai Curries from Scratch<\/em>.\u00a0 Below are some photos of his recent Smoothie<\/em> and Sushi Making<\/em> classes.<\/p>\n

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Due to the popularity of the healthy cooking classes, a Virtual Cookbook Club<\/a> was added to the events calendar this year.<\/p>\n

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Author, Jessica Tyler Lee, joined WPL\u2019s first virtual cookbook club discussion which featured her book Half the Sugar, All the Love<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 Jessica highlighted some of her favorite recipes and substitutions, shared her inspiration for the book, and answered questions.\u00a0 Participants got a chance to share the recipes they cooked for the discussion.<\/p>\n

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Worcester Public Library is partnering with the Worcester Senior Center for this grant in order to outreach to the city\u2019s senior residents.\u00a0 WPL\u2019s Nutrition and Healthy Cooking classes and some other WPL events are included in the Worcester Senior Center Newsletter<\/a>.\u00a0 They also are sharing the library\u2019s\u00a0 Nutrition and Healthy Cooking classes social media posts on their sites and will air recorded classes on the local government channel.<\/p>\n

The Worcester Public Library also offers other nutrition & healthy cooking resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\" Gale Culinary Arts Collection<\/a> \u00a0offers articles from more than 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines.<\/p>\n

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\"\"The\u00a0Health & Wellness Resource Center<\/a>, also from Gale, offers reference materials, journal and magazine articles, news, images and video about a variety of health and wellness topics.<\/p>\n

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Food Literacy & Healthy Living<\/a> this webpage was compiled by WPL librarians and lists COVID-19 free activities, resources and virtual classes. Some of these resources are free for a limited time.<\/p>\n

WPL’s Healthy Living Resources Blog<\/a>
\nTopics include:\u00a0 Nutrition and Healthy Cooking Resources from MedlinePlus, Nutrition & Cooking Classes, Healthy Benefits of Humor, Horticultural Therapy, Health Reference Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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