The Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library is proud to partner with presenters Denise Jamerson with Lyles Station (Legacy Taste of the Garden) and Robin Mallery with Urban Seeds to teach children ages 8 through 10 how to prepare a recipe while connecting them to our local food system. Participants will prepare a dish each month to share with family and to start a dialogue about the cooking tradition in their family.
A baking dish, measuring cups and spoons, a mixing bowl, and a hot mitt, and all of each month’s ingredients will be provided along with 5 children’s books about ethnic diversity in cooking, cooking basics, history of farming, and where food comes from. Attendance to all 5 monthly classes is not mandatory, but encouraged for consistency. Each child who participates in all 5 classes will also get a red apron.
Dates & Recipes
- June 19 | Strawberry-Rhubarb Cobbler
- July 17 | Baked Stir Fry
- August 21 | Tomato-Peach-Cantaloupe Salad
- September 18| Cora Cooks Pancit
- October 23 | Butternut Squash Soup
Book n’ Cook Books
Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make You A Pie: A story about Edna Lewis by Robbin Gourley
In the Garden with Dr. Carver by Susan Grigsby
Cora Cooks Pancit by Dorina Gilmore & Illustrated by Kristi Valliant
The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs by America’s Test Kitchen
Grow! Raise! Catch! How we Get Our Food by Shelley Rotner
- Urban Seeds
- Lyles Station | Legacy Taste of the Garden
