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FoodLab is a nutrition education program that combines food science, tasting, and cooking, with the goal of increasing food literacy. Created in 2023, students do lab experiments that investigate food science concepts in botany, chemistry, mathematics, nutrition, and physics, and then cook a dish that illustrates the lab. FoodLab is designed to help students become intentional eaters, creative cooks, and thoughtful food citizens.We are offering FoodLab classes in several locations now. More information here

Icing on the Cake: Testimonials

I loved Ms. Nancy’s cooking class so much.! I have been in this cooking class for two years and I would love to sign up for another one. I tried a lot of new foods like winter squash, cardamom, Brussels sprouts and kale. My favorite salad was the kiwi, carrot, radish salad.
Not only did we cook and eat, we also did labs about food. We used rulers to measure the size of plants. We also explored stone fruits and their ripe season. Now in my house we have window boxes and I am growing cherry tomatoes and basil.
I learned that we can use a lot of different tools to cook, not just our hands and senses. We used safety knives, potato peelers and a carrot sharpener (I wonder if you could sharpen a pencil with it?) !!!
Because of this class I can help papi make dinner and I will try any new food at least once to see if I like it. Thank you, Ms. Nancy for making cooking fun and interesting and helping me be excited about food.

- Love, K (a 7-year-old boy).